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Quite simply because this makes it hard for Facebook to fight back. If they do, they look like they're on the wrong side of morality. If the demand was phrased
by smueller1234 7y ago
Quite simply because this makes it hard for Facebook to fight back. If they do, they look like they're on the wrong side of morality.
If the demand was phrased around security, it would be less emotionally laden (for most).
- buboard 7y agowho falls for that ?
- smueller1234 7y agoI think anybody not paying close attention, with insufficient technical knowledge and other things on their mind.
- buboard 7y agoi really don't think a layman, no matter how negligent, can fail to understand whats going on here, unless ideologically inclined to side with government surveillance.
- Johnny555 7y agoI'd be awfully surprised if anyone that really cares about this would be fooled by this ruse. For most people, if the government says "We need to do this so you'll be safe", the vast majority of people will agree, or at least won't actively object.
- ultrarunner 7y agoThe argument is, as the saying goes, "good enough for government work." I find that quite appalling, to be frank.