Will this be open source, or will we have to trust Kapersky that it is secure?
https://igurublog.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/julian-assange-de...
http://www.theverge.com/2013/12/20/5231006/nsa-paid-10-milli...
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-backdoor-left-in-Unix-or-...
https://blog.cloudflare.com/how-the-nsa-may-have-put-a-backd...
On one hand, we've been privy to some of NSA's operations, on the other, there is still a lot left to be disclosed, most will of course, never be out in the open.
That's the problem with intellectual americans - you guys know how bad things are in your country, but not realize how worse they are everywhere else.
> That's the problem with intellectual americans - you guys know how bad things are in your country, but not realize how worse they are everywhere else.
What? Just because some situations are worse in other countries means the US can't be doing anything wrong?
Are you talking about National Security Letters? That's a complex topic. I would hope the companies did what they could to fight where they had room, but I also don't necessarily expect companies to break the law.
If you're talking about data, the NSA tapped private datacenter connections, and I'm under the impression that Google at least was working to mitigate this (encrypt all datacenter-to-datacenter traffic) before all this came to light. Or are you referring to something else?
Indeed it is complex, but the end result is still the same. Sure, they don't have to fight the law, but I also don't have to trust them with my data. Nor does Russia, and I'd even argue that it's stupid for Russia to do so.