cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45599656
this post was submitted on 15 Apr 2026
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Yes but chinese companies are required by law to give the data to the goverment.
US companies do it from good will.+ it doesn't really matter as they all broadcast your data on RTB markets for free to everybody including russia and china.
Small correction: US companies sell it to the US government.
How else are those tax dollars supposed to stimulate the economy? Everybody wins this way! So much winning! I'm so tired of winning!
Every American company needs a backdoor for the government. These people love to play hypocrisy.
We know since Snowden that they intercept everything anyway