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So, the government is burning your house down, and rather than fight the fire directly, you sue them to allow you to reveal the exact amount of gasoline being u
by natch 13y ago
So, the government is burning your house down, and rather than fight the fire directly, you sue them to allow you to reveal the exact amount of gasoline being used?
Why? Because it's an easier PR ploy. What these companies really should fight is the government's so far successful attempts to compel them to violate users' privacy.
- freehunter 13y agoWhy not assess just how big the fire is? That determines if you need a fire extinguisher, a fire truck, or a new house altogether.
- natch 13y agoThey already know the numbers.
- freehunter 13y ago1) They know their numbers. Not the numbers for other companies. 2) We don't know any of the numbers. If my apartment was on fire, I'd like to know how many other apartments were burning, and so would my landlord. Yahoo is one apartment on the web, and we are the landlords of our government. Yahoo knows how much of their apartment is on fire, but they know nothing about Google across the hall from them.
- natch 13y ago1) Wrong. They do know the numbers for other companies, as ranges, which are plenty sufficient for comparison: http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/US/ http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/US... 2) Wrong again. We know ranges (see link above) and we don't need to know the exact numbers. All we need to know is that the house is on fire, and we already know that. > they know nothing about Google Sigh. See above. The exact number issue is a red herring. Again, this is simply a PR ploy.