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		bitL on May 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Eric Schmidt Steps Down from Alphabet’s Board of D... Long before Eric, the SUN's CEO (Eric's previous employer) made a remark that privacy is an illusion and we need to get over it: https://www.wired.com/1999/01/sun-on-privacy-get-over-it/ This stuff was going on for a long time, FAANG just perfected it.

neotek on May 1, 2019 | [–]

FANG maybe; Apple seems pretty keen on maintaining privacy as one of their primary differentiators.

sjg007 on May 1, 2019 | [–]

There's privacy between people but not between people and corporation or people and the government.

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