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George Phillips

Western governments want your data and big tech is happy to provide – how to slow them down

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Western governments want your data and big tech is happy to provide. New data shows that in the last 10 years, Google, Apple, and Meta has handed over the account information of 3.1 million people to the U.S. government alone.

This includes emails, files, messages and other highly personal data in an increase of 600%. We are seeing a growing appetite from governments and authorities to take advantage of huge, often unencrypted, data reserves.

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