Unintended 'negative consequences' = don't mess with our revenue streams
Big Tech trade association warns Uncle Sam against knee-jerk national security measures that harm industry
The Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) has delivered a light slapping to the US administration as it urged lawmakers to think a little harder about policies aimed at improving national security. The trade group – comprising members such as Amazon, Apple, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle – published a blueprint aimed at …
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Wednesday 10th June 2020 06:59 GMT Anonymous Coward
use Qwant
I think its more to do with Mitch McConnells amendment, giving William Barr warrant free access to the everyone's internet by simply saying its relevant to an investigation.
All those data crawls Google captured for itself, and Microsoft built into Bing and Facebook all that FB tracking. Data they thought was *theirs*, all suddenly become accessible to Trump's loyal lacky Barr without so much as a warrant.
So of course Barr will be taking a look at every GOP internet and emails to ensure they stay loyal. And of course he'll be looking at journalists internet and opponents internet to see what they're saying, and also Trump's crowd too... gotta watch the rivals.
You might recall the Russians hacked the DNC email servers, well now this Russian puppet can freely let his boys access those same Google servers.
So, use Qwant for your searches, use your own email servers and Thunderbird for your emails, use maps.here.com to plan your road trips, avoid Facebook like its a Russian financed surveillance operation, and generally don't put your trust in US corporations, now compromised by this law.
Even if you're a 75 year old white male Christian, you may find your head cracked open, and your emails and Google searches cracked open for anti-fascism tendencies, by Barr.
Or an Episcopal priest, gassed and internet searched for any 'Deuteronomy' terrorism discussions.
I claim "Barr takes over after the coup and displaces Trump" on the bingo card. Since he is routing all the crime through his office and through himself. I cannot imagine him answering to Jared.
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Wednesday 10th June 2020 12:29 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: cooperation with "like-minded economies"
> Are the U.S. one?
Why don't you go take a trip to China and, while there, refer to President Xi as Winnie The Pooh, the Dictator who put his boot on Hong Kong.
My bet is that we won't get to know what happened next.
Next time you decide to write something this idiotic, think twice. Or maybe ask your friends for help.
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Wednesday 10th June 2020 18:05 GMT MiguelC
Re: cooperation with "like-minded economies"
You have given us all a perfect example of whataboutism. Congratulations!
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Wednesday 10th June 2020 19:07 GMT Anonymous Coward
Re: cooperation with "like-minded economies"
> You have given us all a perfect example of whataboutism.
Whenever one finds themselves in a hole, the first thing one does is: one stops digging.
Not you, apparently.
You are the one who created a false equivalency between the US and China in terms of political systems, but I'm the one guilty of whataboutism.
Do you at least get paid to post this kind of idiocy?
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Thursday 11th June 2020 14:29 GMT DrBed
Re: cooperation with "like-minded economies"
> Why don't you go take a trip to China and, while there, refer to President Xi as Winnie The Pooh, the Dictator who put his boot on Hong Kong.
FYI: Hong Kong IS China; officially the "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China" (HKSAR).
What's next? "BAME people are just "immigrants from Africa etc, not US citizens, so we can choke them, run over with Police SUV" ???
As somebody said about Murrica: "If the USA saw what USA is doing in the USA, USA would invade USA to save USA from the tyranny of USA."
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Wednesday 10th June 2020 01:19 GMT Anonymous Coward
Let's be honest
Do profits figure into this? Of course.
But it's more about being put in the middle of trade wars and being associated with Trump's America First ideology.
All of these companies are multinational and international players. From China's operating systems initiative to Europe's cloud initiative they realize that being identified with an isolationist country makes other countries think about isolating you.
Unfortunately, while the Orange ones trade wars have been bad for the world and bad for the US, the small thumb keeps on tweeting.