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I am also disappointed by the tech giants behavior, but not primarily for PRISM. Yes, they shouldn't give the data that willingly, but what I see as much more
by greyman 13y ago
I am also disappointed by the tech giants behavior, but not primarily for PRISM.
Yes, they shouldn't give the data that willingly, but what I see as much more troubling is the agencies ability to tap into the net's full flow of communications (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A, etc.)
I simply don't believe that the Big Techs weren't aware of this. And here lies the biggest hypocrisy of their: that those companies, especially Google and Facebook, instead of warning us that our privacy is being slowly stolen from us, went the opposite route and encouraged us to share even more of our personal data, which now all ended in we-don't-know-in-how-many data centers belonging to various governments.
- apineda 13y agoThere are huge penalties for saying no, contractually, etc. Just look at the Gibson guitar raids. Also wasn't YAHOO one that did say no and still they were strong armed? I mean, it is the gov. that has the real teeth here (real weapons, regulation rulings etc., not patents).
- purephase 13y agoFor some of the tech companies, yes. But I imagine that even the US government would have some significant day-to-day challenges if Google were not available to it's employees (State or Federal). That has to provide some leverage when dealing with situations that you should not be comfortable with.
- mpyne 13y ago> But I imagine that even the US government would have some significant day-to-day challenges if Google were not available to it's employees (State or Federal). Oh, you have no idea. Even in the DoD Google is a required element of much of what I do on some weeks.