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Lately all these PR statements from the companies involved are so carefully structured that they can be interrpreted 2 clear ways. 1) Face Value. Don't look in
by quackerhacker 13y ago
Lately all these PR statements from the companies involved are so carefully structured that they can be interrpreted 2 clear ways.
1) Face Value. Don't look into the wording and just see that so many companies "accused," are not involved.
2) Semantics. Look at the wording for hidden meanings, possibility of a gag order, and these companies are (in reference to this article) involuntarily involved.
I think they are general so the person reading it will take it as they want. I posted a "what will you do now," post on here [0], because that's really what this comes down to. I agree with most that I've ALWAYS assumed we were all monitored, but as I've said many times....it's not what they know, it's what they can prove in court (that's why I'm thankful CISPA got blocked...it was kinda like legalizing what was already going on to be able to use what they know in court).
[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5842556 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5842556
- lhl 13y agoFor those interested, there is a dissection of Yahoo!'s statement by Chris Soghoian (privacy and security research, policy expert/technologist @ the ACLU): http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2013/06/analyzing-yahoos-prism-non-denial.html http://paranoia.dubfire.net/2013/06/analyzing-yahoos-prism-n... Like the other official/legal postings so far, the verbiage in this post is carefully crafted to mean the opposite of what it says.