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I think we'll start seeing more deals like this. It is no secret that the government(at least the Obama administration) is, rightfully so, moving in a forward a

I think we'll start seeing more deals like this. It is no secret that the government(at least the Obama administration) is, rightfully so, moving in a forward and open direction regarding technology. They are starting to accept the fact that government solutions can be found externally, and many times through citizens' softwares/ideas. If you don't agree, look at these facts: President Obama hired a CTO, the CTO opened up a fellowship program that is an applied-to program which purely looks to solving government problems. Now a CIA deal with Amazon. To me, this is all positive and forward-thinking...they can use everyday citizens and companies to enhance their operations securely and quickly. And yes, we just have to hope it is not used to spy but hey, I'd take the risk in trusting that they care more about our safety than spying on us all the time.

gknoy 14y ago
> we just have to hope it is not used to spy but hey, I'd take the risk in trusting that they care more about our safety than spying on us all the time. Given the federal government's past behavior regarding domestic communication, I think it might be more prudent to behave on the assumption that they ARE spying on us all the time. They tell us that they only look at the info they've collected about us if is connected with communications with overseas persons of interest -- but that implies that they will have already collected it. It's the only convenient way to have a well-populated history of activity for $Person.
dsl 14y ago
> moving in a forward and open direction regarding technology Don't confuse cloud and open. They refuse to even acknowledge it publicly, this is just another vendor contract for storage and compute resources.