I think we have reached a point where your analysis no longer holds up. I used to agree, but:
- The laws that govern legal search and seizure have departed dramatically from the protections afforded by the bill of rights.
- There have been multiple incidents of companies not disclosing extralegal "cooperation" with state actors such as the US government (and others)
- Warrant canaries are legal, yet big tech refuses to use them. Why not? Because using legal methods to improve user privacy and security are not considered "cooperative" enough.
- We have no reason to believe that governments are following the laws, even in the US. The recently revealed CIA scandal illustrates just how out of control things are.
- There is now a revolving door between big tech and state intelligence agencies, and big tech is becoming increasingly sympathetic to authoritarian candidates and hostile to third party or far left candidates.
"The laws that govern legal search and seizure have departed dramatically from the protections afforded by the bill of rights."
That, right there, is the problem. That should be illegal and should have been shot down every single time such a law was challenged in court. The fact that it wasn't says something about the status of the 4th amendment. And the lack of citizen revolt over this is disheartening.
Thank Bush family friends the osamas for 9/11. Patriot act normalized sweeping search and surveillance. Just like a lobster in boiling water average citizen has became more complacent with their rights being taken away. Smh
This is the truth, and the fact it is downvoted speaks volumes as to the tech communities apathy and complacency in systems that are part of the violation of our rights.
"Fuck you I got mine" might just be the death of the enlightenment.
I'm honestly starting to contemplate how hard it would be to setup on Mars and breakaway from all current earth governments. Maybe the only hope is freedom of space travel.
- The laws that govern legal search and seizure have departed dramatically from the protections afforded by the bill of rights.
- There have been multiple incidents of companies not disclosing extralegal "cooperation" with state actors such as the US government (and others)
- Warrant canaries are legal, yet big tech refuses to use them. Why not? Because using legal methods to improve user privacy and security are not considered "cooperative" enough.
- We have no reason to believe that governments are following the laws, even in the US. The recently revealed CIA scandal illustrates just how out of control things are.
- There is now a revolving door between big tech and state intelligence agencies, and big tech is becoming increasingly sympathetic to authoritarian candidates and hostile to third party or far left candidates.