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> respect for user privacy No US based entity can offer user privacy, as the government can force any of them to cooperate while requiring non-disclosure. The
by Mikeb85 8y ago
> respect for user privacy
No US based entity can offer user privacy, as the government can force any of them to cooperate while requiring non-disclosure. The fact they don't use anonymous user data to offer internet services doesn't negate the fact that where most of us actually care about privacy, they don't have the power to actually offer it.
- otterley 8y agoFirst of all, we’re talking about business practices and culture, not government coercion. In any event, being a non-U.S. entity has less significance with each passing day with respect to the ability to insulate information from government. Consider that in the past decade, the U.S. managed to get the Swiss government to change its once-formidable bank secrecy laws.
- scarface74 8y agoIf they never collect the data, or store it in a way that they don’t have the private keys, they can’t give it to the government.