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0 pointshypeatei1y ago0 comments

Big tech and telecommunications companies are effectively miniature arms of the U.S. government at this point.

As seen by the "Protect America Act" of 2007[0], the government will retroactively cover their own ass and your companies' ass if deemed important enough to the intelligence apparatus. There isn't a chance in hell that Meta would be brought criminal charges for wiretapping.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_America_Act_of_2007

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Scoundreller1y ago

I think The Onion nailed it in 2011:

https://www.theonion.com/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-...

dylan6041y ago

Which is clearly a red flag operation so that whenever someone serious tries to tout this, they'll be rebuffed as it's an article in the Onion. Those clever bastards!

talldayo1y ago

That, or scathing satire has been a mainstay at The Onion longer than political consternation.

giancarlostoro1y ago

I'm assuming they were doing it for the federal government at this point. There's no reason for them to spy on another app, they can hire almost any developer they want.

dylan6041y ago

Hiring another dev does not give them access to the raw numbers. It's not the same thing at all

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0 pointshypeatei1y ago0 comments

Big tech and telecommunications companies are effectively miniature arms of the U.S. government at this point.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_America_Act_of_2007

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Scoundreller1y ago

I think The Onion nailed it in 2011:

https://www.theonion.com/cias-facebook-program-dramatically-...

dylan6041y ago

Which is clearly a red flag operation so that whenever someone serious tries to tout this, they'll be rebuffed as it's an article in the Onion. Those clever bastards!

talldayo1y ago

That, or scathing satire has been a mainstay at The Onion longer than political consternation.

giancarlostoro1y ago

I'm assuming they were doing it for the federal government at this point. There's no reason for them to spy on another app, they can hire almost any developer they want.

dylan6041y ago

Hiring another dev does not give them access to the raw numbers. It's not the same thing at all

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse