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If you extend your logic (anything that can be used for government surveillance was created for government surveillance) pretty much anything is guilty of this.

by untog 9y ago

If you extend your logic (anything that can be used for government surveillance was created for government surveillance) pretty much anything is guilty of this. The existence of Facebook itself, Google providing an e-mail service, anyone providing an e-mail service, anyone providing access to the internet... That's probably the least charitable way of looking at this. It's a tool for data portability that gives users access to their own content, in a way they weren't previous able to do. If the government wanted some data on a user I think they're going to get it from the company whether this service exists or not.

raldi 9y ago
> If you extend your logic (anything that can be used for government surveillance was created for government surveillance) To be clear, that's not my logic.
deegles 9y ago
The implication is that if you create the technology for “good” then you also make its misuse possible.
- rando444 9y ago
  Why stop at technology? You can use pretty much anything for good or bad. Rocks, Nitrogen, Automobiles, Thoughts.. it's an endless list.
  - bausshf 9y ago
    The only thing you can't use for good is Windows Vista