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>> At some point we have to assume the companies providing these services have been persuaded to sell us all out. Therein lies the problem. Money controls eve
by at-fates-hands 11y ago
>> At some point we have to assume the companies providing these services have been persuaded to sell us all out.
Therein lies the problem.
Money controls everything. It's scary sometimes how fast people forget the moral obligation to their clients and sell them out as soon as someone drops a few million dollars in their laps.
- nine_k 11y agoIf these were paying customers, selling out would look much less attractive. But we enjoy and expect certain services for free. In this case, as we all know, we are necessarily the product being sold.
- Zigurd 11y agoI don't want to detract from the valid point that if you are not paying for a service, you are the product, not the customer.But I do pay for online services from Google and Amazon and others, and would happily pay for secure communication. None of them encrypt real time communication, and none encrypt my data at rest with my key. Any portal that has directories or a social graph is very well placed to implement a web-of-trust that would not rely on CAs. But there's nothing like that out there.
- mirimir 11y agoIt's not just about money. After 9/11, AT&T etc were arguably motivated to cooperate with the NSA out of fear and patriotism. From Bamford, I get that the NSA and its precursors have done the same since the 1800s.