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I don't buy it. I really don't. We know about the incredibly close ties between silicon valley and the military. We know that the US government collects anythi
by littletimmy 12y ago
I don't buy it. I really don't.
We know about the incredibly close ties between silicon valley and the military. We know that the US government collects anything and everything, and that US corporations are complicit (or made to be complicit) in the act.
It is most likely that Greenwald was leaked these documents to create a facade of government-corporate animosity to revive trust in US corporations, all the while there existing a backdoor to facilitate snooping.
- TillE 12y agoThe article explains that these are all documents from Snowden. So they're simply taken from the full set that Greenwald has had since 2013, not any kind of new leak.
- zerohm 12y agoThe Federal Government can make tech firms hand over any data they request. However, they can't stop tech firms from designing their products so that the tech firm never sees your personal data.