[Meme] IBM is Just Another Surveillance Company (Usually Working With or For Governments)
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2020-07-28 12:32:42 UTC
- Modified: 2020-07-28 12:32:42 UTC
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Summary: "GAFAM" are notorious for mass surveillance (more so than telecoms, equally bad if not worse), but many forget that IBM is facilitating rather oppressive surveillance all around the world (it builds proprietary spying systems, whereas GAFAM typically does the spying directly) and nowadays they pitch the amazing security of their 'clown computing' because they try to persuade whole states to hand over citizens' medical records (in the name of public safety or health)
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