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by JohnFen 1048 days ago
> So… once we went public I kind of thought this silly speculation would end. But guess not.

In fairness, there are quite a number of public companies that turned out to be operating partially as fronts for spying agencies (AT&T is the shining example here). So simply being a public company could not be expected to serve as some kind of proof of independence.