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Ah, is this where the hacktivists start eating their own for no better reason than that they don't sufficiently hate the infidels? This is a notable example of
by mpyne 13y ago
Ah, is this where the hacktivists start eating their own for no better reason than that they don't sufficiently hate the infidels?
This is a notable example of killing the messenger in fact; Lessig talks about using tech proactively in order to aid privacy and accountability, references a company that happens to have the technology to do it already.
Even if you don't like the company (Oh no, their board member knows this other board member! Oh no, the CIA was indirectly involved years back!), that doesn't invalidate the message. It's this kind of intellectual dishonesty that I didn't even dream computer hackers could actually fall victim to, before my rude awakening. Or I don't know, maybe it's the chemtrails eating my brain and Dr. Lessig was really a CIA plant all along, who knows?
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- jaekwon 13y agoActually, it's not just the company but rather Lessig's message itself that bothers me. Read my other comment here for details. Nobody is suggesting any direct link between Lessig and the CIA, but the ties between Palantir and the surveillance program is becoming obvious. Use Occam's razor. * Palantir was funded by the CIA * Palantir is exactly what the NSA PRISM program needs * Palantir also had a PRISM product * Palantir had been associated with the surveillance program in recent Anonymous leaks (right? during the HBGary scandal) * Facebook (which is known to participate with PRISM) & Palantir share Sean Parker * Facebook/Google/etc have already denied association with PRISM by factually true but evasive statements. Same with Palantir's recent statement. More debate here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/23/1218189/-HBGary-Palantir-Prism-Facebook-The-Industrial-Surveillance-Complex# http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/23/1218189/-HBGary-Pal...