Google’s top security teams unilaterally shut down a counterterrorism operation

Re:Google’s top security teams unilaterally shut down a coun... by Fuzzy_Logic on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:35PM (#26594072)

The CIA has a history of spying on Congress[0], overthrowing democratic governments [1], among a long list of nefarious activities I would not consider proper "democratic hacking." [2]

How is obligating big tech to cooperate with Western intelligence agencies a positive move for democracies?

[0] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/a-brief... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27état [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_CIA_controversies

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Re:Google’s top security teams unilaterally shut down a coun... by kritiko on Friday March 26, 2021 @01:37PM (#26594797)

I'm quite skeptical of the viewpoint in this article - just answering the question from the parent comment of "would China be justified in exploiting Huawei?"

The distinction that this article makes is that our clandestine operations have "democratic oversight." To be clear, I think the author would say that they are attempting journalistic neutrality, but they're giving considerable space to the argument that democratic clandestine services deserve a different standard.

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