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Microsoft and Apple also back the CLOUD Act.
by cromwellian 9y ago
Microsoft and Apple also back the CLOUD Act.
- ocdtrekkie 9y agoTrue, but neither of them pump the level of money into convincing academics to covertly promote their political agendas as your employer does. Whereas Apple and Microsoft will settle for a trade organization that openly represents them to state their views on the topic, Google's got professors who aren't disclosing their financial interests involved. (Also, this is known as "whataboutism", it doesn't change the fact that Google is supporting this legislation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism)
- cromwellian 9y agoThe CLOUD Act, however bad it may be, is a reaction to the US vs Microsoft case, wherein Microsoft tried to resist the government grabbing data. Microsoft doesn't pay academic shills? Come on.