And then you read something like this. All those abstract privacy concerns just got a bit more concrete...
Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’
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#12I wonder why ? Could it be because of all the spyware M/S has on Windows 10 ? Nice for one stop shopping
Re: Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’
#13I wonder why ? Could it be because of all the spyware M/S has on Windows 10 ? Nice for one stop shopping
I wonder why the downvotes? This is absolutely correct. I’d be interested to know how many similar requests Apple and Google get.
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#15Once the security apparatuses and their methods are entrenched it's hard for them to go back. Congress was spied on, a US presidential candidate that we know of was spied on... So imagine plain old American citizens... what can we expect? If congress isn't willing to take back what they allowed, they aren't going to stop all by themselves. If congress tried, they'd get a lot of pushback. Just like the Armed forces wo…
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#16Re: Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’
#17Once the security apparatuses and their methods are entrenched it's hard for them to go back. Congress was spied on, a US presidential candidate that we know of was spied on... So imagine plain old American citizens... what can we expect? If congress isn't willing to take back what they allowed, they aren't going to stop all by themselves. If congress tried, they'd get a lot of pushback. Just like the Armed forces wo…
Re: Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’
#18Once the security apparatuses and their methods are entrenched it's hard for them to go back. Congress was spied on, a US presidential candidate that we know of was spied on... So imagine plain old American citizens... what can we expect? If congress isn't willing to take back what they allowed, they aren't going to stop all by themselves. If congress tried, they'd get a lot of pushback. Just like the Armed forces wo…
US military spending dropped by about half when you look at GDP between 1982 and 1999, so your statements about the Cold War ending not affecting spending is just straight up incorrect. https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/mili...
Re: Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’
#19Once the security apparatuses and their methods are entrenched it's hard for them to go back. Congress was spied on, a US presidential candidate that we know of was spied on... So imagine plain old American citizens... what can we expect? If congress isn't willing to take back what they allowed, they aren't going to stop all by themselves. If congress tried, they'd get a lot of pushback. Just like the Armed forces wo…
US military spending dropped by about half when you look at GDP between 1982 and 1999, so your statements about the Cold War ending not affecting spending is just straight up incorrect. https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/mili...
Re: Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans’ records ‘routine’
#20Let me see... Microsoft wants me to have a Microsoft account to use a computer that I bought. They nag me every time I log in because I gave them a bogus email address. And then you read something like this. All those abstract privacy concerns just got a bit more concrete...
...maybe they know that people are installing root kits... because they see first hand what the "good" guys are doing routinely.