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Re:Tech Companies and Government May Soon Go to War Over Sur... by joshdance on Friday August 30, 2013 @01:35PM (#6303055)
Have there been any examples of tech companies that have simply refused to provide access to governments?
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Re:Tech Companies and Government May Soon Go to War Over Sur... by hga on Friday August 30, 2013 @01:57PM (#6303179)
Yes, it's a stark object lesson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio#Qwest

ADDED: which helps explain the current behavior of other companies we'd like to think better of. I'm sure the people running them would to, but they and their families (who the Feds have targeted in other political prosecutions) would prefer they stay out of Federal prison.

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