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> including just about everything from Facebook So all those half-joking "conspiracy theories" about Facebook being a collection tool for three-letter agencies
by mieseratte 9y ago
> including just about everything from Facebook
So all those half-joking "conspiracy theories" about Facebook being a collection tool for three-letter agencies isn't that far off.
- dictum 9y agoUltimately, every American company is a collection tool for three-letter agencies, and through allies, most non-American corporations too. I like to think FB is how they check the accuracy of their other data sets.
- imperialdrive 9y agoIt's fantastic that they do collect and share this information - I imagine many thousands of arrests made based on data collected, if not 10K's+ I wouldn't be surprised if hundreds of lives were saved... and that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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- Bartweiss 9y agoFor me at least, it was never a joke... I don't think tech companies are literally run by three-letter agencies, but after Yahoo and Lavabit (showing two very different reactions to surveillance requests), it's become pretty clear that any large US-based company is at minimum a backup or validation source for surveillance. The standing questions seem to be "do they accept non-warrant surveillance?" and "do they allow bulk surveillance?". If anyone still thinks they don't comply with targeted surveillance, I'd be shocked.
- jonhendry18 9y agoI think we know Facebook accepts non-warrant surveillance if the customer is paying.
- daodedickinson 9y agoWell, my friend at Facebook transferred there directly from the Hillary State Department (where he specialized in Libya and Syria!) when Kerry took over...