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It could also be “fixed” by deciding that the risks associated with government not getting data that could help stop an ongoing crime is less severe than the ri
by mrmanner 5y ago
It could also be “fixed” by deciding that the risks associated with government not getting data that could help stop an ongoing crime is less severe than the risks associated with these data leaks.
- sbarre 5y agoWho makes that decision?
- mrmanner 5y agoThe lawmaker or the voters, depending on how you look at things.
- verve_rat 5y agoAnd also the companies in question. They are responding to non warrant requests. As I understand it there is not legal obligation to do anything on their part. It is a public perception thing. The companies (probably rightly) think the public will react badly to headlines about "Little kidnapped girl could have been saved by Google, but they didn't care" more so than the current article we are discussing.
- lazyier 5y agoUs. By not using shitty systems to host our data as well as actively combatting laws and regulations that require backdoors or cross-platform compatibility. I don't want my conversations to be "cross-platform compatible" with Facebook. Thank you very much.