Senator Reveals Which Phone Companies Protect Privacy by Telling Customers About Government Surveillance; Carriers Did Not Follow Through on Requirement to Notify Senate of Surveillance Demands.

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Senator Reveals Which Phone Companies Protect Privacy by Telling Customers About Government Surveillance; Carriers Did Not Follow Through on Requirement to Notify Senate of Surveillance Demands.

underline960@sh.itjust.works · 3 days ago

Sounds less like “protecting your privacy” and more like “letting you know when the government is violating your privacy.”

rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works · 3 days ago

What exactly do you expect them to do other than notify you? They can’t do anything against ESCHELON or Stellar Wind or MYSTIC or PRISM or or or or

WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

of course but still what if we wouldn’t spread false things. if they are not allowed to protect my privacy, we shouldn’t (and neither should them) cqll it protecting our privacy, because that’s simply false and misleading

rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works · 2 days ago

OK, fair enough.

masterofn001@lemmy.ca · 3 days ago

A surveillance canary

Senator Reveals Which Phone Companies Protect Privacy by Telling Customers About Government Surveillance; Carriers Did Not Follow Through on Requirement to Notify Senate of Surveillance Demands.

Senator Reveals Which Phone Companies Protect Privacy by Telling Customers About Government Surveillance; Carriers Did Not Follow Through on Requirement to Notify Senate of Surveillance Demands.

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