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> Our problem is that we have failed to defend big tech I don't see big tech as a victim here. Companies like Google and Facebook refused to implement e2ee whe
by ls15 4y ago
> Our problem is that we have failed to defend big tech
I don't see big tech as a victim here. Companies like Google and Facebook refused to implement e2ee when they had the opportunity. Their network effects and infinite money pots helped to keep more privacy-respecting options small. We failed to defend privacy against big tech and govt overreach.
- hunglee2 4y ago> We failed to defend privacy against big tech and govt overreach. this optimal scenario was never in our grasp, and even if it were, we missed the opportunity when it mattered. Our task from 2014 onward was to balance big tech vs big govt against each other and make sure neither had too much power over the other. Instead, what we have now is big govt, turning big tech, into another lever of state control