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0 pointslkbm9y ago0 comments

The thing you quoted doesn't assign blame. It simple says you can't trust that corporations will/can protect your privacy.

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bduerst9y ago· 1 in thread

It's referring to cause of the symptom. Paraphrased differently: If the government can hold a gun to any organization or individuals' head for information, then the privacy distrust doesn't stop with just corporations.

lkbmOP9y ago

True, the government can compel me to turn over all my data, but if I'm managing it myself, I'll know this has happened[0].

Additionally, if I'm managing the data myself, they'll only get access because they thought I was a worthwhile target. If I'm using Yahoo!, I get caught in a dragnet. In general, the larger the service, the better a position they are to fight these orders, but also the more likely the government is to bother dragneting it.

I'm not worth my own NSL, but this one's a freebie: the marginal effort the government has to put into spying on my Yahoo! account is zero, because they've already got access.

[0] Well, I might know. They can also do it surreptitiously unless I'm very competent and very diligent, but if I receive an NSL, I'll know.

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