Within his speech, he effectively
threw the U.S. tech industry under the bus by reminding everyone
companies in the private sector -- not the government -- collects its
electronic information in the first place.
"Corporations of all
shapes and sizes track what you buy, store and analyze our data, and use
it for commercial purposes," the president said. "That's how those
targeted ads pop up on your computer and your smartphone periodically."
I
have to wonder how big a grimace that statement drew from Google CEO
Larry Page or Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, whose companies collect gobs
of that kind of information.
What the president said in that quote above isn't new, of course.
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Obama throws tech companies under the bus
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