1. The CIA, NSA, etc. has no need to be using Amazon's cloud in order to hack it if that's what they intend to do.
2. Being a customer of the cloud in no way gives you any special access to other cloud customers' data.
3. Sharing hardware does not create an increased danger of sharing data. These clouds have thousands of cores and everything is virtualized and distributed.
So these fact exposers aren't exposing anything besides their own ignorance. I'd have thought TechDirt would recognize that.
"...this is wrong not just in the sense of being unethical, but illegal, too"
How about dangerous? How does the manufacturer know their chips aren't being used in medical devices or safety equipment? What about mission critical applications? it's not just unethical, it's negligent.
As much as I dislike Henley, I have to agree with him on this one. I know that critics accuse of TechDirt of bias, and this might be one of the articles that fuels that fire.
I thought you were allowed to install monitoring software on machines you own. Is that no longer the case? If not, someone should tell all the corporations that monitor their employees.
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1. The CIA, NSA, etc. has no need to be using Amazon's cloud in order to hack it if that's what they intend to do.
2. Being a customer of the cloud in no way gives you any special access to other cloud customers' data.
3. Sharing hardware does not create an increased danger of sharing data. These clouds have thousands of cores and everything is virtualized and distributed.
So these fact exposers aren't exposing anything besides their own ignorance. I'd have thought TechDirt would recognize that.
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How about dangerous? How does the manufacturer know their chips aren't being used in medical devices or safety equipment? What about mission critical applications? it's not just unethical, it's negligent.
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