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Re:Asking the U.S. to allow Google to publish more national ... by salimmadjd on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @03:03PM (#5863993)
I agree! This opens the door for new services based in countries like Iceland to compete in the international market. I'm surprised libertarian minded investors like Peter Thiel have not began a fund in some of these countries. Even signaling such a move would give Google, Facebook, etc. strong argument to fight off NSA's broad requests and we all win!
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Re:Asking the U.S. to allow Google to publish more national ... by EthanHeilman on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @03:09PM (#5864032)
Funny thing Peter Thiel is a founder and key investor in Palantir which is doing big-data work for the NSA among other things: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies#WikiLeaks...

I'd really enjoy hearing Thiel's perspective on this whole issue given that he is a libertarian with a strong business relationship with the NSA and a strong business relationship with facebook.

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Re:Asking the U.S. to allow Google to publish more national ... by ippisl on Tuesday June 11, 2013 @04:54PM (#5864661)
He did an interview with sarah lacy on the pandodaily and talked a bit about palantir and transparency. maybe you'll find his view there.
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