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Originally Posted by Davy
I read that Google, Yahoo and other companies charge about $25 to hand out private user data to the government. That quote came from the "crack pot" Adam Curry, so it would need to be double checked. Still, it is a sick way of doing business.
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No, I read something along those lines - google was like 100+, yahoo 25 but microsoft was free...
it was an interesting read, especially the author's take on the matter... let me dig that out
--edit - ok, forget that google 100$ comment. Article
here that I read: "The documents confirm that Microsoft does not charge for surveillance. But they show that Google charges $25 and Yahoo! $29."
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On the one hand, Microsoft could be commended for choosing not to make a single penny from government surveillance. But on the other, Soghoian says, the company should at least charge that penny, as that would create a paper trail. "You don't like companies to make money spying on their customers, they should charge something," Soghoian tells us. "You can't FOIA Microsoft's invoices, because they don't send any invoices."