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Those companies were complying with legal obligations, not eagerly helping the NSA collect any and all data because they were gung-ho.
by nickff 12y ago
Those companies were complying with legal obligations, not eagerly helping the NSA collect any and all data because they were gung-ho.
- mcguire 12y agoNo, they are collecting data because that is how they make money. And I rather suspect that if you compare what the NSA knows about you, personally, with what th' Goog' knows, the NSA will come up well behind. I'm not trying to minimize what the NSA has done; what they do is supposedly done in our name, which is offensive, and they have more power than any company to do harm with what they collect, which is frightening. And I'm not trying to attack the companies; they have every right to what I give them, most of which is not private even if I would wish it to be, and they do provide useful services with that information. But if you are upset about an organization collecting information to use in some way that may be other than your best interest, the two are pretty equal.
- Tycho 12y agoBut if you are upset about an organization collecting information to use in some way that may be other than your best interest, the two are pretty equal. Gestapo. Stasi.