Frankly, not much. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
Today, several tech giants including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple among others published a open letter to President Barack Obama and Congress to crack down on the activities of the NSA. Now this sounds good on the surface. But this is why I have a problem with it. Sure there have been instances where these companies were unwilling participants in this. But I am sure that there have been times when these same companies were willing participants in this. Also, to me it seems hypocritical since these same companies who are really ticked off at the NSA make money by knowing as much as possible about their users, and then selling that information to advertisers. So I guess that spying by the NSA is bad, but spying by Google and Facebook is just fine.
This is just a marketing campaign. Plan and simple. There’s nothing to see here. Move along.
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Hey IT Nerd! What Do You Think Of All Those Tech Giants Going Against The NSA?
Frankly, not much. But I’m getting ahead of myself.
Today, several tech giants including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple among others published a open letter to President Barack Obama and Congress to crack down on the activities of the NSA. Now this sounds good on the surface. But this is why I have a problem with it. Sure there have been instances where these companies were unwilling participants in this. But I am sure that there have been times when these same companies were willing participants in this. Also, to me it seems hypocritical since these same companies who are really ticked off at the NSA make money by knowing as much as possible about their users, and then selling that information to advertisers. So I guess that spying by the NSA is bad, but spying by Google and Facebook is just fine.
This is just a marketing campaign. Plan and simple. There’s nothing to see here. Move along.
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