Does Edward Snowden Really Trust #Apple to Do the Right Thing? | Alternet
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Snowden referred to the bill as a “historic victory,” though there are skeptics in the peanut gallery (like your author) who would call it theater. That is, an attempt to codify otherwise expired measures which have been of little use according to their stated purpose. The USA Freedom Act provides the opportunity for elected officials in Washington to do a victory lap and boast that they’ve implemented restructuring while former American spies, with a knowing wink, understand that what’s actually been instituted is “hardly major change.” (...)
Can a profit-driven monolith like Apple be trusted to do the right thing when it’s just as easy to secretly continue doing otherwise?