And I wonder what would happen if this plaintext stuff was discovered in the US by the federal government. Maybe the agency in charge would send them a strongly worded letter.
Not to defend the US, god knows we love to lick corporate boots, but if Meta were an Irish company then Ireland would probably lick their boots as well. Or if Meta were a German company then the US would gladly sue them. Just look at how Volkswagen was singled out by the US despite all US automakers falsifying emissions and crash safety data for decades.
And I wonder what would happen if this plaintext stuff was discovered in the US by the federal government. Maybe the agency in charge would send them a strongly worded letter.
Not to defend the US, god knows we love to lick corporate boots, but if Meta were an Irish company then Ireland would probably lick their boots as well. Or if Meta were a German company then the US would gladly sue them. Just look at how Volkswagen was singled out by the US despite all US automakers falsifying emissions and crash safety data for decades.
the dataset would be quietly stashed in an NSA datacenter along with everything else on facebook
Bet it already is.