endimion said:
OdinHades said:
If Sony and Nintendo are also doing it, it doesn't make it okay for Microsoft. In that case it's a major fuck up from all three. But I didn't hear anything about involvement from japanese companies in prism. And why should they? I can understand the US government has american companies on the balls, so Microsoft more or less can't do anything about it. But the US do not control the whole world. They showed us time and time again that they would really like to. But they still don't. |
you do understand they don't have a choice..... if tomorrow they come to your door step with a court order and ask you to let them put there spying material in your living room to spy on your neigbhor..... you know what ???? you do and STFU..... otherwise it's called obstruction to justice and you go straight to a cell....
cause if Sony america is asked the same they do the same.... and those practice existe in most countries in the world.... Japanese, French, UK, German governement are no different they have exactly the same powers and use them in the same way to collect information on persons of interest.... this is not a US only issue.... this is a reality of the world....
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The reality is that virtually all western democracies, the US included have constitution protection against unreasonable search for thier citizens. Any government or company violating those rights is violating those laws. There are exceptions, such as when a court order is produced for a suspect for which there is reasonable grounds. It is doubtful that much of the spying in this case would standup in a court of law.
The carte blanche spying of the US of late is both unconstitutional and very worrying. That so many people are jumping to defend this type of conduct is even more so. Nothing good can or will come from this sort of mass intrusion.
