The internet and social network companies of Silicon Valley enjoy one of the world’s most attractive business models. Offer a free service, collect personal data, use it to lure advertisers, and expand seamlessly across the US and around the world to millions of users.
Unfortunately, the spies noticed.
This week’s appeal to governments by eight companies, including Google and Microsoft, in the wake of revelations in The Guardian and The Washington Post about National Security Agency surveillance, is a typical blend of noble aspiration, self-interest and naivety. Ultimately, it is useless. If you have a jar of jam, expect wasps.
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