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All companies are forced to cooperate by law. We Americans like to think we have the moral high ground against China. For some things, we do. For many others,
by thephyber 6y ago
All companies are forced to cooperate by law.
We Americans like to think we have the moral high ground against China. For some things, we do. For many others, they are just following in our footsteps.
The US has scarcely not been at war since I've been alive and the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Force has no end in sight. Wartime powers vested in the Executive Branch are far more expansive than we would like to think.
Who do you think re-routes shipments of Cisco networking hardware to the NSA TAO group? Cisco and FedEx/UPS. Same with any computing hardware and likely many other products.
Who do you think complies with National Security Letters? 99%+ of the companies that receive them. QWest tried to challenge their legality and that CEO wasted away in prison.
Patriot Act and Anti-Money Laundering statutes require that lots of industries participate with the USA government: financial, travel, hotel, telecom, etc.