> and what currently would prevent them from doing so if they haven't already
they arent gods. some people actually have moral standards and dont just do whatever a foreign agency wants them to do
they arent gods. some people actually have moral standards and dont just do whatever a foreign agency wants them to do
Big tech services are less private than you think but almost every provider who cares about privacy is safer than you expect. Most of the people who work there are committed to their mission, and if they ever get a gag order someone will leak it in no time because they know exactly how to do it without exposing their identity.
And they don't provide the key to law enforcement because ... they care about your privacy. /s
When it’s a hostile environment entirely, they hack and do secret operations and bribe.
Lesson to learn: Let's Encrypt does not protect against MitM by a state-level actor, unless you take precautions. *let's assume network admins won't MitM your server for personal vengeance reasons
But S in https stands for secure, or ? /s
They don't need to break in guarded data centers. See Crypto AG
> or one of the less America friendly EU countries.
Besides Spain, there is no such country in EU. And even Spain might change its mind.