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You can't trust American companies to not spy on you. You can't trust Chinese companies not to spy on you. They are both arms of the government and conduct cont
by devoply 8y ago
You can't trust American companies to not spy on you. You can't trust Chinese companies not to spy on you. They are both arms of the government and conduct continuous espionage. Maybe we should get Samsung in this game as a non-superpower third party, though they probably already in the NSA's pocket as you hear no complaints about them from the US.
It's like who would you rather your secrets be stolen by? Americans or the Chinese?
- tracker1 8y agoI'd rather neither... however, I've not been arrested for reading/spreading articles about the Snowden documents or for making disparaging comments against the U.S. (I'm a resident and citizen). The difference being if you live in China and do these things you may never be seen again. I'm also against the whisle-blower persecutions that started under GWB and escalated under Obama.
- devoply 8y agoI live in neither country. It's obvious that it's better to be a US citizen rather than a Chinese citizen. However, China has little ability to affect lives of citizens of other countries... whereas the US has much more power to do so potentially based on evidence gathered through surveillance they can for instance extradite people to the US to face charges for crimes whereas China is incapable of doing such a thing to non-Chinese citizens. This is no a hypothetical thing, it has happened more than once.