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Or they just ask, which is essentially how prism already worked for user data.
by sascha_sl 6y ago
Or they just ask, which is essentially how prism already worked for user data.
- reedjosh 6y agoYeah, I highly doubt there's any targeting there. The big tech Co.s are practically fronts for the US Gov.
- noir_lord 6y ago> Yeah, I highly doubt there's any targeting there. The big tech Co.s are practically fronts for the US Gov. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket (1935). History doesn't repeat but it does rhyme. It seems to be the natural state that centres of power co-operate with each other lest they lose their power. Churches with Kings, Corporations with Government.
- boston_clone 6y agoDidn't some PRISM documents show that Google's internal use of TLS 1.2 was blocking a more widespread collection of data? I'll see if I can find the slide that articulated the issue.
- caeril 6y agoThat was part of it. The other part was "Do what we tell you, or you'll be Joe Nacchioed" In a 2013 interview, Marissa Meyer made it abundantly clear this is why Yahoo "voluntarily" joined PRISM. One can assume the rest were similarly influenced.
- astrange 6y agoPRISM is their database for storing subpoena responses. You don't "join" it.
- lioeters 6y agoReference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio
- Ericson2314 6y agoThank you.
- hu3 6y agoThey just ask: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51207744 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51207744