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"This kind of frank disclosure should be highly rewarded." With all due, Im sorry but, no. Had it come before the Snowden leaks, absolutely. But it didn't. A
by alan_cx 13y ago
"This kind of frank disclosure should be highly rewarded."
With all due, Im sorry but, no.
Had it come before the Snowden leaks, absolutely. But it didn't.
After the event, facing a danger of customer loss or loss of confidence, it can only be seen as too late and defensive move. All these companies must have known something about these risks, yet remained in a passive conspiracy of silence. Not one stood up until Snowden did. By then, too damn late.
- manojlds 13y agoSo Lavabit should have shutdown before the leaks? What you say may be applicable to the big players, but not to the smaller ones.
- Kudos 13y agoBefore the Snowden leaks Fastmail was owned by Opera, it has since been bought by Fastmail staff. http://blog.fastmail.fm/2013/09/25/exciting-news-fastmail-staff-purchase-the-business-from-opera/ http://blog.fastmail.fm/2013/09/25/exciting-news-fastmail-st...
- kamjam 13y agoHow could they have talked about it if they never knew about because they were never in bed with the NSA? You are assuming they were cooperating with the NSA behind the scenes like Google et al, but they are saying they were not and could not be compelled to do so by Australian Law.