Re:Ask HN: Large brand wants to buy my side project, what sh...
by OJFord on Sunday December 11, 2016 @08:22AM
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> If you're too young to have heard of Snowden, read up on him. If you're too old to remember Snowden, read up on him.
Does that apply to anyone reading HN in 2016?
My asking about paranoia level was not intended to slight. Some amount is healthy in this context, as you say.
I suppose my point was that although not every employee can be relied upon, surely this fact means that such companies, not wishing to get into trouble, don't allow employees access to data like that.
End-to-end encryption is obviously a good idea. Though I also appreciate that not having it (and, e.g. "Snoopers' Charter") catches bad guys - for some order of 'badness' that isn't extreme enough that we can assume they're all up on encryption (as is the common argument for it being ineffective against terrorism) e.g. paedophiles rings.
Does that apply to anyone reading HN in 2016?
My asking about paranoia level was not intended to slight. Some amount is healthy in this context, as you say.
I suppose my point was that although not every employee can be relied upon, surely this fact means that such companies, not wishing to get into trouble, don't allow employees access to data like that.
End-to-end encryption is obviously a good idea. Though I also appreciate that not having it (and, e.g. "Snoopers' Charter") catches bad guys - for some order of 'badness' that isn't extreme enough that we can assume they're all up on encryption (as is the common argument for it being ineffective against terrorism) e.g. paedophiles rings.