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I kind of wonder about this. The US Government pours money on Microsoft. The number of Windows servers in government reels the mind, and of course every desktop

I kind of wonder about this. The US Government pours money on Microsoft. The number of Windows servers in government reels the mind, and of course every desktop is Windows, with Office. They previously acquired LinkedIn, which is where a huge number of US citizens, and particularly military folks, park their resumes and roledexes. The LinkedIn social graph essentially subtracts children and stay-at-home spouses, making it somewhat denser with the type of information a foreign government might be interested in. Similarly, GitHub is of huge US national, probably Western strategic interest. I wouldn't be terribly surprised if some folks at Microsoft were "encouraged" to pursue those deals to keep them out of other hands.

scarface74 6y ago
Who else? The President doesn’t like Facebook or Twitter anymore because they are both mean to him. This is the first step of what many on HN have been wanting - for the government to be more heavy handed toward tech. To everyone’s surprise, politicians are corrupt and self serving.
marmaduke 6y ago
> The LinkedIn social graph essentially subtracts children and stay-at-home spouses What does subtract here mean?
- pluc 6y ago
  The same thing it means everywhere else - it's a social network _minus_ kids and housewives.
  - ethbro 6y ago
    (Also househusbands)
- Mountain_Skies 6y ago
  LinkedIn recently tried to get me to connect to a high school girl. This wasn't a case of a minor lying to get access to a service, her profile clearly stated that she's still in high school. Note that this wasn't her trying to connect with me, it was LinkedIn's algorithm suggesting it. My take away is that there are minors on the system and the system isn't doing much to protect them. There was nothing in her work experience that overlaps with my career or interests and we had no connections in common. Seems very odd that LinkedIn would suggest this connection.
- killjoywashere 6y ago
  LinkedIn ~= Facebook - (children + stay-at-home spouses)
__s 6y ago
Also JEDI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Enterprise_Defense_Infrastructure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Enterprise_Defense_Infra...

scarface74 6y ago

Who else? The President doesn’t like Facebook or Twitter anymore because they are both mean to him. This is the first step of what many on HN have been wanting - for the government to be more heavy handed toward tech. To everyone’s surprise, politicians are corrupt and self serving.

marmaduke 6y ago

> The LinkedIn social graph essentially subtracts children and stay-at-home spouses What does subtract here mean?

pluc 6y ago
The same thing it means everywhere else - it's a social network _minus_ kids and housewives.
- ethbro 6y ago
  (Also househusbands)
Mountain_Skies 6y ago
LinkedIn recently tried to get me to connect to a high school girl. This wasn't a case of a minor lying to get access to a service, her profile clearly stated that she's still in high school. Note that this wasn't her trying to connect with me, it was LinkedIn's algorithm suggesting it. My take away is that there are minors on the system and the system isn't doing much to protect them. There was nothing in her work experience that overlaps with my career or interests and we had no connections in common. Seems very odd that LinkedIn would suggest this connection.
killjoywashere 6y ago
LinkedIn ~= Facebook - (children + stay-at-home spouses)

__s 6y ago

Also JEDI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Enterprise_Defense_Infrastructure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Enterprise_Defense_Infra...