Silicon Valley’s Vast Data Collection Should Worry You More Than TikTok

Re:Silicon Valley’s Vast Data Collection Should Worry You Mo... by boomboomsubban on Friday August 07, 2020 @07:59PM (#24087728)

>instead lead to a Congressional investigation and later the Senate Intelligence Committee to provide oversight

Though, it lead to no actual punishment for anyone involved in the program. Further, the only reason such a show trial was possible was that the CIA accidentally missed a box of records when they destroyed all of the evidence. What use is oversight when the agency can destroy all the evidence?

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Vast Data Collection Should Worry You Mo... by ethbro on Saturday August 08, 2020 @07:30AM (#24090773)

> What use is oversight when the agency can destroy all the evidence?

What use is {x} when someone can {attempt to avoid x}?

Because we live in the real world, and no authority is omniscient and absolute.

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Re:Silicon Valley’s Vast Data Collection Should Worry You Mo... by xg15 on Saturday August 08, 2020 @07:38AM (#24090828)

I think the point was that they were allowed to destroy the evidence or at least did not get punished for it.

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