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> Back during the Iraq war days and government overreach into privacy violations, the tech companies were on the side of the American people.

Companies such as?

Qwest tried and many believe the CEO went to prison as retaliation

Fascinating story. For 6 years and had to pay 44 m (He is still worth well over 100 m)

I still think Lavabit did something a lot of tech companies these days would never do.