On 6/18/13 6:12 AM, glen wrote:
The mere concept that Google, Apple, or Microsoft might be _defending_ us vassals from the government by publishing the government requests for data is laughable ... to me.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower
"They are legally compelled to comply and maintain their silence in regard to specifics of the program, but that does not comply them from ethical obligation. If for example Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Apple refused to provide this cooperation with the Intelligence Community, what do you think the government would do? Shut them down?"
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