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Why would a company want to endorse this? What is the upside for them?
by snug 11y ago
Why would a company want to endorse this? What is the upside for them?
- alexfoo 11y agoNot being blackballed for any Government contracts?
- tptacek 11y agoOr a variety of other reasons that we can, like that reason, simply make up. The funny thing about your made-up reason? It's actually forbidden by statute in the very bill we're discussing.
- pkinsky 11y agoGee, I'm glad the US government takes so much care to follow not just the letter but the spirit of the law.
- xeromal 11y agoQuest CEO stood up to the NSA a few years ago. Got blackballed with all kinds of shit and ended up going to jail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio Also agrees with the other answer that goverment contracts will be dropped.
- jrochkind1 11y agoWell, according to the EFF's summary: > granting companies blanket civil and criminal immunity from any existing privacy law in the process. Immunity from civil and criminal liability is something companies might unsurprisingly be interested in. One doesn't need to suppose dramas where they are worried about being blackballed from government contracts unless they support it, as other commenters do. Their self interest in the provisions of the law itself which lessen their vulnerability to civil lawsuits or criminal prosecution seems sufficient. It's more of a bribe than a threat.