"Surveillance intermediaries"

 

New York Times on shocking Justice Department demands on Apple:

More frequently than not, tech companies comply with law enforcement demands. And that underlines an awkward truth: As their products become more central to people’s lives, the world’s largest tech companies have become surveillance intermediaries and crucial partners to authorities, with the power to arbitrate which requests to honor and which to reject.

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