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Surveillance Firms Cannot Be Trusted to Self-Regulate

Original: 🛡️ # Cybersecurity news & tips across the # fediverse “⌗Surveillance Finds a WayA thing I’ve been saying over and over i

Cybersecurity commentators are arguing that surveillance companies cannot be trusted to regulate themselves or make their own privacy decisions, because one company's ethical red line is another's business opportunity. The warning, echoed in privacy-focused circles, stresses that 'surveillance finds a way' regardless of internal policies, renewing debate over whether external regulation is needed to constrain the spyware and data-brokerage industry.

Why now: Ongoing concern over the surveillance industry's expansion and the failure of self-regulation keeps privacy advocates debating the need for external oversight.

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• 🛡️ # Cybersecurity news & tips across the # fediverse “⌗Surveillance Finds a WayA thing I’ve been saying over and over is that surveillance companies can’t be trusted to regulate themselves or to make ⌗privacy decisions themselves, because one company’s red line is an…”… · ivycyber@privacysafe.social

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