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Back when I was working at Samsung, I had a manager who was absolutely convinced that google is an intelligence/CIA operation. At the time, I found it to be a
by bob1029 3y ago
Back when I was working at Samsung, I had a manager who was absolutely convinced that google is an intelligence/CIA operation.
At the time, I found it to be a mockable suggestion, and never really thought much beyond it. Seemed like harmless IT/nerd banter back then.
About a decade later I started to reflect on what he said and began feel like I might have been working with a time traveler or other inside person.
It really does spin in my head quite a bit. If you think about how much human information flows through Google's systems... how many of us have considered some other form of intention and motivation here?
- m_rpn 3y agoIt is safe to assume that every big internet/data/telco company from big nation states has some kind of relationship with national intelligence agencies, dating back from the 60s at least, if we just talk about the modern information age. Nothing strange or mind blowing really, for example Crypto AG, a famous swiss crypto vendor was secretly a joint USA-Germany operation from the 70s onward.
- bob1029 3y agoOh I absolutely agree wrt internet/telecom/utah datacenter panopticon/etc. For me the nuance is in the origins and ongoing leadership and effects on the consumer experience. The "Killed by google" phenomenon paints a darker picture in my mind. I start to read each google product as a folder in a CIA Sharepoint system - Only to be kept around until it is no longer valuable to the agency. Each with some sort of ulterior mission that seems ever-narrower in scope.
- m_rpn 3y agoOne thing is sure: Sharepoint is definitely a US government cyber weapon, judging by the damage it's doing worlwide XD.