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Sure, that line of thinking makes sense, but I do not understand the alternative. Are you saying that if we (the users) got new legislation (e.g., requiring war
by warkdarrior 2y ago
Sure, that line of thinking makes sense, but I do not understand the alternative. Are you saying that if we (the users) got new legislation (e.g., requiring warrants), then big tech wouldn't do mass surveillance anymore?
- ForHackernews 2y agoYes, I think if there were laws that forbid mass data collection by private companies, or assessed sufficiently high penalties in the case of a breach (such that keeping huge troves of PII became a liability rather than an asset) then big tech firms would largely obey those laws.
- immibis 2y agoI think they're saying if they couldn't do cryptography they'd push for legislation.