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From a legal perspective, there is a significant chasm between "you are hereby ordered to develop a whole new surveillance feature for devices you build" and "y
by stickfigure 5y ago
From a legal perspective, there is a significant chasm between "you are hereby ordered to develop a whole new surveillance feature for devices you build" and "you are hereby ordered to add these new (potentially unrelated to CSAM) signatures to your existing surveillance network".
- GeekyBear 5y agoUnder what legal basis are certain corporations immune to government demands while others are not? Google does reporting on how many National Security Letters requesting information about it's users that it responds to annually. Why doesn't it just ignore them?
- stickfigure 5y agoI don't understand your question. Google, Apple, Facebook et al comply with their legal obligations. Apple does not have a legal obligation to install spyware on your phone (at least not in the US, not yet).
- heavyset_go 5y ago> Google does reporting on how many National Security Letters requesting information about it's users that it responds to annually. So does Apple[1]. Apple gave data on over 31,000 users/accounts based on National Security Letters in the first half of 2020 alone[1]. > Why doesn't it just ignore them? In the first half of 2020, Apple provided data to the US government (non-FISA or NSL) about 9,000 times, and responded to requests for data with the data about ~85% of the time, and 92% in cases of "emergencies"[1]. [1] https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/us.html https://www.apple.com/legal/transparency/us.html