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Yes, but they work closely with government - and moreover government intelligence agencies - so government can leverage their help to do these things. There's p

Yes, but they work closely with government - and moreover government intelligence agencies - so government can leverage their help to do these things. There's plenty of evidence this has already happened.

dlp211 9y ago
[Citation Needed]. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
- QAPereo 9y ago
  The many missing-presumed-dead canaries? Snowden?
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
  Search the internet for the following terms: <your national intelligence service(s)> working with <tech giant>
- LambdaComplex 9y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)
  - pokemongoaway 9y ago
    See project veritas and wikileaks as well.
- pokemongoaway 9y ago
  [Explanation needed] that I made an extraordinary claim. It is interesting that people still think it is acceptable to call people crazy for claiming US government agencies are complicit in corruption.
  - wallace_f 9y ago
    I made this same point a while back on HN and the response I received was >people are half a second between 'that's absurd, they're not doing that,' and 'of course it's always been that way.' In 1994, X-Files Season 1 Ep. 17 introduced the Lone Gunmen, a group of conspiracy theorists: >"The characters, who were used to help Mulder appear more credible" If you watch the episode, one of the main 'batshit insane'conspiracy theories they put forward was that the government is recording everyone's phone calls--then Scully rolls her eyes and Mulder appears skeptical. You have to admit, it is kind of crazy... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.B.E._(The_X-Files) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.B.E._(The_X-Files)
    - pokemongoaway 9y ago
      Indeed, and I take it you've seen the pilot episode of the lone gunmen series?
      - wallace_f 9y ago
        I haven't, but now I want to
throw7773424 9y ago
+1, Assange's description of his meeting with Google's Eric Schmidt was eye-opening for the then naive self.
- wu-ikkyu 9y ago
  Could you give a TLDR?
- mda 9y ago
  Was this before Assange went full tinfoil hat lunatic and claimed Page & Brin were working for government from the government.
api 9y ago
This just seems like the tech mega-corps have grown to the point that they now command the same level of influence as other massive corporations. How many wars and "covert ops" have we fought for oil, gas, bananas, and sugar? How much influence do the defense, aerospace, petroleum, and banking industries have over government? Big tech is just joining the club. Wake me up when we go to war for Facebook.
- pokemongoaway 9y ago
  *shakes you while saying, "bro, FB war, wake up..."

dlp211 9y ago

[Citation Needed]. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

QAPereo 9y ago
The many missing-presumed-dead canaries? Snowden?
TheSpiceIsLife 9y ago
Search the internet for the following terms: <your national intelligence service(s)> working with <tech giant>
LambdaComplex 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)
- pokemongoaway 9y ago
  See project veritas and wikileaks as well.
pokemongoaway 9y ago
[Explanation needed] that I made an extraordinary claim. It is interesting that people still think it is acceptable to call people crazy for claiming US government agencies are complicit in corruption.
- wallace_f 9y ago
  I made this same point a while back on HN and the response I received was >people are half a second between 'that's absurd, they're not doing that,' and 'of course it's always been that way.' In 1994, X-Files Season 1 Ep. 17 introduced the Lone Gunmen, a group of conspiracy theorists: >"The characters, who were used to help Mulder appear more credible" If you watch the episode, one of the main 'batshit insane'conspiracy theories they put forward was that the government is recording everyone's phone calls--then Scully rolls her eyes and Mulder appears skeptical. You have to admit, it is kind of crazy... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.B.E._(The_X-Files) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.B.E._(The_X-Files)
  - pokemongoaway 9y ago
    Indeed, and I take it you've seen the pilot episode of the lone gunmen series?
    - wallace_f 9y ago
      I haven't, but now I want to

throw7773424 9y ago

+1, Assange's description of his meeting with Google's Eric Schmidt was eye-opening for the then naive self.

wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Could you give a TLDR?
mda 9y ago
Was this before Assange went full tinfoil hat lunatic and claimed Page & Brin were working for government from the government.

api 9y ago

This just seems like the tech mega-corps have grown to the point that they now command the same level of influence as other massive corporations. How many wars and "covert ops" have we fought for oil, gas, bananas, and sugar? How much influence do the defense, aerospace, petroleum, and banking industries have over government? Big tech is just joining the club. Wake me up when we go to war for Facebook.

pokemongoaway 9y ago
*shakes you while saying, "bro, FB war, wake up..."