Comment Re: A lesson (Score 2) 185
The government created the "idiotic trade policy". I was just trying to find out what policy the poster above mine was referencing, because it smelled like he was trying to blame the current administration when the problem predates it and goes so much deeper. And the private sector only does what's legal. Hence the
Every time google or facebook rolls out a new invasion of your privacy or abuse of your personal information, you get a click through where your choice is to either agree to a legal contract allowing the abuse that the average person has no hope of understanding, or not using your device/software. It's not really a choice at all since we all need our phones and computers. Google, facebook, etc., know this is a fake choice. Hell, they have had strategy planning sessions setting it up.
But it's all done under the legal framework created by congress.