Microsoft president Brad Smith on "real concern" about Chinese malware targeting critical infrastructure
CBSAPR 2023
This report confirms what many already know: Big Tech collects every ping received on users' phones. According to Wyden, this information is then shared with lawmakers both accountable and unaccountable to US law — something even the app owners can't do anything about. These large companies may promise to keep users' information secure, but evidence shows that they cannot be trusted to do so.
While Big Tech companies may seem like indomitable giants that have the power to do whatever they want, the fact is that they are beholden to federal regulation just like any other business or individual. Despite Apple and Google's best efforts to keep their users' data secure, they are bound to comply with government requests — it's not Big Tech that should be villainized but the governments that are actually behind this concerning privacy violation.