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Why take the chance? From the leaks, the companies have "cooperated enough", especially when we're talking about "foreigners". We don't need proof for absolutel
by devx 13y ago
Why take the chance? From the leaks, the companies have "cooperated enough", especially when we're talking about "foreigners". We don't need proof for absolutely everything and for every single case, to stop trusting American companies, until there's a dramatic change in laws, and surveillance policy in US.
- stfu 13y agoThis is going to be the main issue behind that argument. The burden of proof has shifted. The tech industries reaction to the Snowden seems to the outside very lukewarm. Sure, they are giving all sorts of "trust us" statements, but truth is we don't have the slightest clue if this is their honest opinion or just an opinion that a secret court forces them to uphold. Reality might be much more nuanced, but to the outside there is very little reason to give anyone any longer the benefit of the doubt.
- barista 13y agoThere is nothing that singles Microsoft out here as every other operator of email and other software complied as well. This is something the US government should come clean on and something that the tech companies should push the government to do.
- stfu 13y agoAbsolutely. There is nothing that singles out Microsoft as better or worse, but it is a looming issue for the whole US tech industry.