13.08.2013 - 20:53 [ Techdirt ]

The Tech Industry Is Making A Big Mistake: It‘s Time To Suck It Up And Fight Back Hard Over NSA Surveillance

We‘ve been trying to make the case over the past few months that the tech industry should be furious about what the NSA is doing, while also pointing out that it‘s likely to be very costly for a variety of American companies. Unfortunately, many still don‘t seem to be getting the message. Even with Lavabit shutting down rather than succumbing to order to do much greater surveillance, it still seems like many in the tech industry either seem to think this isn‘t a huge problem or that it will sort of blow over.