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As a Googler I feel offended by part of your comment. It's like calling inmates bedfellows of the prison system.
by lrem 5y ago
As a Googler I feel offended by part of your comment. It's like calling inmates bedfellows of the prison system.
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y agoAre you comparing you at will employment with Google to convicted felons who’ve had their right to freedom stripped of them by a jury of their peers or a guilty plea deal?
- mikepurvis 5y agoI think the poster's employment is just context. The "inmates" here are the tech companies being held hostage by the NSA. But I'm not sure I really agree. At this point "bedfellows" seems like an apt description, given how feeble and ineffective their opposition (certainly publicly, anyway) to it seems to have been.
- alisonkisk 5y agoPlease don't violate site guidelines by posting "gotcha" comments that misinterpret other posters. Find a charitable interpretation. It's a metaphor, following the example of "bedfellows", which doesn't mean they are literally in bed together. Inmates and busineses alike are required to obey the government under threat of force.
- tupac_speedrap 5y agoI think Google is more like a partner in crime at this point. The NSA don't even have to put the legwork in anymore they just get the data off Google and it's easier because they don't have to work through the red tape.
- alisonkisk 5y agoYou mean that Google is a "partner" because it indexes OSINT?
- wayneftw 5y agoI've always just assumed that they were an NSA front to begin with. What would be better for them?
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> It's like calling inmates bedfellows of the prison system If the inmates built the prison and moonlit as prison guards, yes. The unfortunate truth is that Google has built the modern surveillance state’s technical apparatus. Yes, they have at times pushed back. But many may not see that enough.
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- stingraycharles 5y agoI think over the past decade, Google has proven that it is definitely on the “evil” side when it comes to data mining. If you have problems with people naming Google together with the likes of Apple and Microsoft in terms of data sharing with the NSA, perhaps you should reconsider your choices regarding your employer. To be clear, I’m quite neutral towards Google, but I don’t think you have any right to be offended by OP’s comment.
- hedora 5y agoI suggest reading up on Google’s long-standing revolving door with the State Department, or their historic, ongoing collaboration with the NSA and other intelligence agencies. They designed all their systems for commercial surveillance (to sell ads), knowing full well they would hand the data over to surveillance agencies.
- srswtf123 5y agoYou should be ashamed of this comment. You’re there by choice, unlike an inmate.
- twirlock 5y agoGoogle has effectively been the technology arm of the U.S. government for like ten years now, yet widespread obscurantism related to this fact is one reason everyone hates "googlers" too.
- m0ngr31 5y agoYou chose to work somewhere that enables the government to spy on its citizens and you're the offended party? That's rich
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