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A couple of things. I am not suggesting they are the same. I am saying that regardless of their differences I do not want either of them to have control over me
by TaylorAlexander 4y ago
A couple of things. I am not suggesting they are the same. I am saying that regardless of their differences I do not want either of them to have control over me.
> Google, a private company operating under US Law, accountable to the people
My understanding of the FISA Court, warrantless wiretapping, and NSA mass surveillance is that the data these companies collect may not all be used in accordance with US law in a way that involves accountability to the people. And that is precisely the reason why I do not want them to be able to collect it. Google does not have to be the same as China for me to want neither of them to surveil me. And it is still the case that these big US companies are very likely doing shady things with our data with no accountability. As someone born and raised in the USA and shocked by the Snowden revelations, I no longer trust that the deep and secretive parts of our government have any sort of the moral compass we are raised to believe they have.
- VincentEvans 4y agoDon’t often hear Snowden mentioned these days. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/18/the-trouble-with-edward-snowden https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/12/18/the-trouble-wi...
- dtech 4y agoHe is fully in the hands of the Russian government because he had to flee to a US-hostile nation. I don't think anyone can blame him for not putting his life at risk a second time.
- VincentEvans 4y agoI think his choices are not quite aligning with a hero and a martyr he made himself out to be.
- FpUser 4y agoHe had risked freedom and possibly his life for a cause. Having accomplished the goal his next most important task would be to save himself. That is what he did and I do not think he should have a slightest concern whether you or anyone else like it or not. Playing martyr would be foolish and I do not think he does that.
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoI don’t know what you’d expect him to do, he’s literally trapped in Russia and speaking out against Putin would almost certainly mean prison if not death. None of this changes the facts he revealed.
- VincentEvans 4y agoJust to be clear, whatever I said here - I have not said anything in defense of the information he made public and my issue is not with that.