| > No it doesn't. How would you even start approaching to prove that I can only fathom. I don't even know what to say to this. Are you seriously arguing that having "direct access" to user data doesn't mean anything, and that it can only possibly be talking point words? > While at the same time they are actively supplying exploits so that their software can be compromised for political gain. Their software is unsafe, and anything that they're saying is by law allowed to be false or deceptive information, hence why you can't prove the first part. Yeah, y'know, tens of thousands of developers totally are intentionally making hundreds of security exploits, primarily of absolutely zero consequence every year, because the government told them to. Are you a developer? Do you even know how easy it is to accidentally fuck something up in code that leaves an exploit? Criminy sakes alive. And if you're saying "Yeah but when they find out they let the government know!", I'll also remind you that MAPP supplies that information to several dozen/hundred other companies too. > Is that not what Google claimed it could do with its machine learning algorithm? Oh for the love of God are you really going to use BS PR phrases meant to capture the imagination of the lay masses to try and say that the NSA has real-time typing data on all of those companies, not just Google, and even then has such unparalleled software to analyze typing and speaking patterns that they can discern your very thoughts and motivations from them, not just in general, but also in real time? > Do you work for the government or tow the party line for fun. All your shit sounds like the old this is not "reasonable" this is a conspiracy theory line. When everyone knows the reality is that nothing reasonable is going on. Neither. I just think that the reason so many in positions of power roll their eyes is because so many of those getting angry sound absolutely ridiculous from any sort of view that could rival reality. There are legit concerns here, but we can't be overstating their position massively and still have any hope of being taken seriously. |