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Big tech and telecommunications companies are effectively miniature arms of the U.S. government at this point. As seen by the "Protect America Act" of 2007[0],
by hypeatei 2y ago
Big tech and telecommunications companies are effectively miniature arms of the U.S. government at this point.
As seen by the "Protect America Act" of 2007[0], the government will retroactively cover their own ass and your companies' ass if deemed important enough to the intelligence apparatus. There isn't a chance in hell that Meta would be brought criminal charges for wiretapping.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_America_Act_of_2007 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_America_Act_of_2007
- Scoundreller 2y agoI think The Onion nailed it in 2011: https://www.theonion.com/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-cut-agencys-costs-1819594988 https://www.theonion.com/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-...
- dylan604 2y agoWhich is clearly a red flag operation so that whenever someone serious tries to tout this, they'll be rebuffed as it's an article in the Onion. Those clever bastards!
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- talldayo 2y agoThat, or scathing satire has been a mainstay at The Onion longer than political consternation.
- giancarlostoro 2y agoI'm assuming they were doing it for the federal government at this point. There's no reason for them to spy on another app, they can hire almost any developer they want.
- dylan604 2y agoHiring another dev does not give them access to the raw numbers. It's not the same thing at all