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		tolerance 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tech companies shouldn't be bullied into doing sur... > 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?

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int32_64 2 days ago | [–]

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nacchio

6510 2 days ago | | [–]

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

waffleiron 2 days ago | [–]

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit

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