| > "[T]he company’s proposition that if anyone has access to data, then many unauthorized people probably will have access to that data is false. This response reflects a lack of faith in good governance..." What could possibly have given them such a disturbing lack of faith in "good governance"? NSA warrantless surveillance (2001–2007) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_(... Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_disclosure... PRISM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM Mass surveillance in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_surveillance_in_the_Unite... NSA: Constitutionality, legality and privacy questions regarding operations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency#Const... List of CIA controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CIA_controversies Domestic espionage sharing controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes#Domestic_espionage_s... > "There are some people who have access to the nuclear launch codes, but 'Mission Impossible' movies aside, we’re not particularly worried about a slippery slope leading to lots of unauthorized people having access to those codes." The mere existence of nukes (much like the existence of encryption backdoors) is certainly dangerous enough: When the U.S. Air Force Accidentally Dropped an Atomic Bomb on South Carolina https://www.thedailybeast.com/when-the-us-air-force-accident... 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Goldsboro_B-52_crash 60 years ago today, this man stopped the Cuban missile crisis from going nuclear https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/10/27/23426482/cuban... 39 years ago today, one man saved us from world-ending nuclear war https://www.vox.com/2018/9/26/17905796/nuclear-war-1983-stan... |