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by JackWebbHeller 4714 days ago
Imagine if this was actually created by the NSA (I mean, naming it Prism seems too obvious to be true), and we're all just falling into it's aesthetically-pleasing honeytrap.
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Or suppose the company that built it were party to a data-sharing arrangement for the purposes of marketing. This is a weakness of SaaS in general. I remember not too long ago when ZoneAlarm would ask me if I wanted application X to access the internet, usually I'd think "WTF for?" or "I'll update manually, TYVM."