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Will this in any way actually impede intelligence agencies from getting that information if they want it?
by Aelinsaar 10y ago
Will this in any way actually impede intelligence agencies from getting that information if they want it?
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- samstave 10y agoThis is a great question! Facebook on the other hand built a Washington DC office and hires ex-secret service people as a matter of course. This should be the number one reason people should drop using FB.... But everyone is already fucked. You have no privacy, again, ever.
- flyt 10y agoI downvoted your comment but please keep in mind that Facebook is a large company that needs to lobby the federal government on a variety of issues, which necessitates a presence in DC. Also, the Secret Service employs some of the smartest and most capable people in the federal government. Any company is lucky to hire ex-USSS agents. Using these two points as evidence that humanity collectively has "no privacy" is not only false on the surface but dishonest when closely examined. There are valid critiques of both the US Government's use of the Internet and, separately, Facebook, but these two are not intellectually honest.
- neurobuddha 10y agoFacebook is a large company that needs to lobby the federal government on a variety of issues, which necessitates a presence in DC. What a ridiculous statement. I wish I had enough karma to downvote you.
- ZanyProgrammer 10y ago"Also, the Secret Service employs some of the smartest and most capable people in the federal government"-the plethora of stories in the past several years about the SS fucking up on many, many levels would indicate that they probably hire mediocre, middle of the road candidates (at most). They aren't superhuman, or caricatures from a Tom Clancy novel.
- elbear 10y agoWell, intelligence agencies have the resources to build their own versions of this product, if they really want to. At the most, it will slow them down.