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Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by WalterBright on Thursday July 30, 2020 @06:39AM (#23996583)
Any large organization (that includes government organizations) is going to have some level of crime in it. "Guaranteeing" there isn't any hanky-panky going on somewhere in it is an absurd requirement.
Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by TheOtherHobbes on Thursday July 30, 2020 @09:11AM (#23997668)
But you can categorically state that it's against the aims and culture of the company, and there are formal processes in place to deal with transgressions, and that you'll be happy to go through those processes in detail, with examples of why and how they were followed.

That's a rather different category of response to "Well I just can't guarantee this doesn't happen."

Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by ashtonkem on Thursday July 30, 2020 @03:06PM (#24001777)
Of course, but that's not what I'm saying. I'm saying that some organizations explicitly create the incentive for criminal or unethical behavior, fail to setup the safeguards to prevent it, and then use the line level workers as scapegoats if they get caught.

This is significantly different than a good faith organization having some members engage in criminal behavior.

Re:Jeff Bezos can’t promise Amazon employees don’t access in... by WalterBright on Thursday July 30, 2020 @04:23PM (#24002472)
The problem with safeguards is none of them are impermeable, and so how far is it worth going with them? Safeguards aren't free.