Confidentiality gone for ever? Thread poster: Lesley Clarke
| | Theo Bernards (X) France Local time: 07:04 English to Dutch + ... No, confidentiality is not gone forever. | Sep 6, 2013 |
Yes, NSA and GCGQ have done despicable things. Yes, the intelligence community are insane, paranoid, narrow-minded and rather disrespectful of both democracy and privacy entitlements. But who didn't know this all at some level is a perhaps a bit naive, don't you think? It is all about intent. NSA will never disclose my communications with translation agencies or clients, unless I translate a terrorism plan. Trust me, once such a plan comes to me, I will alert the NSA myself (I put t... See more Yes, NSA and GCGQ have done despicable things. Yes, the intelligence community are insane, paranoid, narrow-minded and rather disrespectful of both democracy and privacy entitlements. But who didn't know this all at some level is a perhaps a bit naive, don't you think? It is all about intent. NSA will never disclose my communications with translation agencies or clients, unless I translate a terrorism plan. Trust me, once such a plan comes to me, I will alert the NSA myself (I put that phrase in for the intelligence community to take note, just in case they read this ☺). Clients will want to know that I will never disclose their confidential information. That is all that really matters. ▲ Collapse | | | Lesley Clarke Mexico Local time: 23:04 Spanish to English TOPIC STARTER
I think you are being naive. I don't really think they could possibly be interested in me or you, but industrial espionage is serious stuff, ergo, the confidentiality agreements we sign. People pay serious money to lay their hands on it, and these people at NSA and GCHQ are only human and often subcontractors, like Edward Snowden was, but not all as altruisic as he is. | | | Gerard de Noord France Local time: 07:04 Member (2003) English to Dutch + ... To the best of our knowledge | Sep 6, 2013 |
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