So we pay the NSA et al to surveil our entire population, and we pay the telecom companies again for the privilege. Sounds fair. "AT&T charges the government a $325 “activation fee” for each individual wiretap and a daily fee of $10 to maintain it. Verizon, on the other hand, charges government eavesdroppers $775 for the first month of monitoring an individual then $500 in each month that follows, Representative Edward Markey (D-MA) told the Associated Press. While Big Data executives claim they do not profit from the government requests, civil liberties groups including the American Civil Liberties Union encourage Microsoft, Google and the like to charge because it could, theoretically, discourage lawmakers from buying the warrantless access."
Posted on: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 06:19:58 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015