Comment Monthly allotments arriving within 720 days. (Score 2) 22
1: fund the fish pond.
2: wait. 1-2-3 years.
3: milk the fish pond with sudden subscriptions.
Except they don't. And the US just buys data from the company. There's really no difference. US and companies have many deals to trade information as Snowden revealed. So stop bullshitting and acting like there's a fundamental difference. The only difference is procedural.
Right on the spot. Government's coercion vs. plain money gain. Morals set aside.
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