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I haven't naysaid yet, but I'm always wary of big companies that take actions that clearly fit into some geo-political agenda. E.g. in this case, I suspect that the aim might be to embarrass and critique nation states such as Russia, China, and whatever country the US wants to replace the leadership of (Syria right now). These countries tend to use fairly obvious and naive attacks, as opposed to the US that might be able to demand information by an NSL.

>>lambda+(OP)
> I haven't naysaid yet, but I'm always wary of big companies that take actions that clearly fit into some geo-political agenda.

Personally, I'm beginning to feel Google and Facebook are getting more and more open about US politics going against their interests.

> These countries tend to use fairly obvious and naive attacks, as opposed to the US that might be able to demand information by an NSL.

I don't think I agree with that point. Isn't the exact opposite the case? Russia, China, et al. have to actually do the work and hack the US citizen, while the US GOV can just send the NSL and have the data delivered on silver platter by US companies, who are bound by law to comply?