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Show me a company that successfully does this.
by illiac786 2y ago
Show me a company that successfully does this.
- anonym29 2y agoI am not asserting that such a company necessarily exists, though Lavabit comes to mind. I am simply responding to the assertion that any kind of legal noncompliance, including something as simple as refusing to compromise user privacy, necessarily renders a company untrustworthy, which was made in the parent comment: >A VPN provider hiding from the law, gee, what basis do you have to trust them, if they can also lie and hide stuff from their users?
- illiac786 2y agothe statement was that a company operating illegally is _less_ trustworthy than one operating legally. I think it is plausible, because if the company (through some wonder) picks and chooses which law it abides to, then it literally can scam anyone out of their life savings without any consequences… I mean, it’s all pros and cons: governements have some cons, but they also offer a framework which is protecting you to some extend from scams. If you decide to deal with a company operating outside the law, you can avoid the government spying/tracking (which, depending on the country you live in, may be vital) _but_, such companies cannot be sued or anything, so you have significantly less legal protections…