If you thought a for-profit corporation was going to willingly abide by any restrictions on how they could use the data they collected then I have a bridge to sell you. The restrictions were artificial so that they could be revoked in the future. If they really had no intention of protecting you then they wouldn't be collecting data in the first place.
NEVER TRUST A CORPORATION. They are not people, they a sociopathic composite entities would use literal human slavery when it's an option. Way too many pe
In many cases they don't need data from the apps. People were posting photos of themselves and others doing crimes.
Parler even helpfully retained location metadata attached to photos and videos. All law enforcement had to do was download them from the website. There's an archive of it all on archive.org.
Well duh! (Score:5, Insightful)
If you thought a for-profit corporation was going to willingly abide by any restrictions on how they could use the data they collected then I have a bridge to sell you. The restrictions were artificial so that they could be revoked in the future. If they really had no intention of protecting you then they wouldn't be collecting data in the first place.
NEVER TRUST A CORPORATION. They are not people, they a sociopathic composite entities would use literal human slavery when it's an option. Way too many pe
Re:Well duh! (Score:2)
In many cases they don't need data from the apps. People were posting photos of themselves and others doing crimes.
Parler even helpfully retained location metadata attached to photos and videos. All law enforcement had to do was download them from the website. There's an archive of it all on archive.org.
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The FBI definitely found that archive useful but this is about way more than just one app.