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Governments have many ways to get information about people from tech companies, though. Legal, illegal, quasi-legal, in aggregate or about individuals, direct f
by code_duck 4y ago
Governments have many ways to get information about people from tech companies, though. Legal, illegal, quasi-legal, in aggregate or about individuals, direct from the company, or through interception. Sometimes the companies volunteer it, sometimes they are required to share it, sometimes a government just takes it. Not thinking of only the US here. I assume if Meta, for instance, has data about me, the US Government and maybe even local agencies have access to that data somehow.
- krapp 4y agoSure, when government and big tech cooperate, especially off the books, all bets are off. But if one is comparing what a tech company can do with your data versus a government obviously a tech company is less of a threat even in the specific case of it giving your data to a government. It's still the government that's going to send the goon squad after you.