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They quote Zuckerberg on that site: "Reports about government surveillance have shown there is a real need for greater disclosure and new limits on how governme
by scrrr 13y ago
They quote Zuckerberg on that site: "Reports about government surveillance have shown there is a real need for greater disclosure and new limits on how governments collect information."
So what about limits on how businesses collect information?
- crazypyro 13y agoThere is a huge difference between companies collecting data on their customers and a govt collecting on their entire population...
- Joeboy 13y agoThere is a smaller difference when it's a business collecting data on the entire population.
- betterunix 13y agoBusinesses cannot lock people in prison or send teams of soldiers in to arrest people. Businesses cannot (legally) send people or robots to assassinate others. I think there is a very big difference between businesses collecting information and governments collecting information -- because governments can do substantially more damage. (Full disclosure: I currently work for one of the companies on the list.)
- 001sky 13y agoThe counter argument is (1) private companies can provide this information to whomevere they choose...including the government or a subset therof; and (2) once it is amassed, the government can compel access via the courts quite easliy.