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They shouldn't need any incentives. They should be led by morally upright people who fight for the right cause and protect their customers.

• smokeyj 10y ago
  No we should just use encryption. If you don't think google/fb/Apple aren't all under the same order then please pass the koolaid.
• nickff 10y ago
  Many of these companies did stand up to the government, but were forced into line through a secret set of courts, laws, and administrative procedures. This leaves aside all the undocumented pressures which the government has applied in order to achieve their desired objectives; we know these sorts of tactics are used because many government officials freely admit that they avoid e-mail (and it's not because they're illiterate). There is only so much that individuals can do to oppose the government, especially when the policies are popular.
• Buge 10y ago
  Yes, but if everyone assumes the company is immoral, it's discouraging to the moral employees, causing them to quit, leaving the company with only immoral ones.
• gcb0 10y ago
  that worked well for lavabit