Interesting post by @emptywheel: https://www.emptywheel.net/2015/03/07/choking-the-security-state-with-its-own-bottleneck/ …. Can't tell you my sources, but see quote of the tech co employee. It's deliberate.
@EamonJavers Oh, I believe it. And it's also really smart. I think tech cos know the govt needs them more than they need govt right now.
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@emptywheel : Right. And that's what's so maddening for the Beltway types. Other industries don't behave that way toward US intelligence. -
@EamonJavers I suspect the give-and-take w/banks, esp, is particularly interesting given use of dragnet for sanctions policing. -
@emptywheel: I heard another reason not to get cleared from a west-coast tech exec this morning: Can impact ability to get patents on tech -
@EamonJavers Really? How so? In other countries? -
@emptywheel: if tech is discussed w/ Intel agencies it can be hard to patent. Plus, intel agencies may have developed same stuff earlier -
@EamonJavers Oh, got it. That by itself seems worth a f-up story. It's an interesting development. -
@emptywheel@EamonJavers Any chance another, unspoken piece of#tech community hold up is that some won't pass drug tests? -
@reedgalen@emptywheel: That's possible. SF-86 form asks: "In last (7) years, have you illegally used any drugs or controlled substances?" - 1 more reply
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