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Jassy, Bezos, other Amazon execs used Signal messaging app, a problem for FTC
- deviantbit 2y agoThe FTC is upset Amazon executives used Signal. Where do you begin with this?
- akerl_ 2y agoI guess we begin with the FTC’s claim? Which is not really that they’re upset about Signal, they’re accusing Amazon execs of destroying evidence that was in scope for the FTC investigation. Signal just happens to be the method they’re claiming was used to destroy evidence.
- al_borland 2y agoIs this really destroying evidence? It sounds like they avoided creating it. If this was 50 years ago they would have just met in person, to avoid any kind of paper trail.
- bee_rider 2y agoIf you have an automated process for destroying evidence, that’s still destroying evidence. I don’t think “50 years ago it would have been easier to get away with it” is something judges and regulators generally go for.
- al_borland 2y agoShould platforms like Snapchat not exist, because the primary feature is automatically destroying potential evidence?
- akerl_ 2y agoIs that the primary feature? It’s not a crime for most people to send messages to their friends and have those messages be deleted. But certain types of communication, especially by parties that have been told they are under investigation and are discussing the matter being investigated, must be preserved.
- bee_rider 2y agoNo, it is fine for platforms like this to exist, you just shouldn’t use them for business, particularly if you know your business is under investigation.
- akerl_ 2y agoYes, it really is. The same as if they’d written each other letters and then burned the letters.