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The thing you quoted doesn't assign blame. It simple says you can't trust that corporations will/can protect your privacy.
by lkbm 10y ago
The thing you quoted doesn't assign blame. It simple says you can't trust that corporations will/can protect your privacy.
- bduerst 10y agoIt's referring to cause of the symptom. Paraphrased differently: If the government can hold a gun to any organization or individuals' head for information, then the privacy distrust doesn't stop with just corporations.
- lkbm 10y agoTrue, the government can compel me to turn over all my data, but if I'm managing it myself, I'll know this has happened[0]. Additionally, if I'm managing the data myself, they'll only get access because they thought I was a worthwhile target. If I'm using Yahoo!, I get caught in a dragnet. In general, the larger the service, the better a position they are to fight these orders, but also the more likely the government is to bother dragneting it. I'm not worth my own NSL, but this one's a freebie: the marginal effort the government has to put into spying on my Yahoo! account is zero, because they've already got access. [0] Well, I might know. They can also do it surreptitiously unless I'm very competent and very diligent, but if I receive an NSL, I'll know.