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robust culture of data protection because of lots to lose

• GuinansEyebrows 5mo ago
  here's why i don't think that holds water: i no longer believe a company of alphabet's size cannot weather a "controversy" around surreptitious data collection. too many people accept this possibility as a matter of course. beyond PR, alphabet, like every other company at or near its size: * has obviously bribed the current administration * they can afford a relative slap on the wrist should any financial penalty be imposed * and of course, NSA letters continue to allow the federal government to receive whatever data they wish to ask for