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UBS had a similar capability on their laptops so they facilitate tax evasion for US clients: https://www.cnbc.com/2015/04/30/why-did-the-us-pay-this-former-swis
by gadders 2mo ago
UBS had a similar capability on their laptops so they facilitate tax evasion for US clients: https://www.cnbc.com/2015/04/30/why-did-the-us-pay-this-former-swiss-banker-104m.html https://www.cnbc.com/2015/04/30/why-did-the-us-pay-this-form...
- gruez 2mo agoThat's probably safer because you can plausibly argue you're protecting your workstation, not unlike corporate security policies that require you to lock your workstation when you get up. Where they get into trouble is when they specifically say "use this when the IRS comes knocking". It's like offering an encrypted chat app (eg. signal) vs offering an encrypted chat app and marketing it to criminals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Secure#Law_enforcement_operations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Secure#Law_enforcement...
- triceratops 2mo agoOnly the people working on tax evasion had this on their laptops?
- gadders 2mo agoProbably all bankers.
- triceratops 2mo agoSo why did you say it was to "facilitate tax evasion"?
- gadders 2mo agoRTFA. That is exactly what it was for - to hide account information from nation-level investigations.