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The statements released by the companies (especially Apple and Facebook) are similar enough that they may be crafted talking points supplied by the government.
by foobarqux 13y ago
The statements released by the companies (especially Apple and Facebook) are similar enough that they may be crafted talking points supplied by the government.
- kvb 13y agoAnd this one http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jun13/06-06statement.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/Press/2013/Jun13/06-06st...?
- foobarqux 13y agoYou're right that one is distinct and specifically says that they only release individual customer data. Since weasel wording is pretty prevalent on this topic I would note that they could still run NSA algorithms on the dataset and return the individuals that are "hits".
- asperous 13y ago> If the government has a broader voluntary national security program Why was the word voluntary in there?
- adventured 13y agoThe voluntary keyword completely invalidates that as a reference. If the program is not voluntary - and there's no way in hell that it was - then what Microsoft just said doesn't even apply to this discussion.