Comment by greyface-
2 years ago
Rules historically have not been an impediment to the NSA. Worst case, they can be ignored, best case, they can be interpreted with extreme creativity. Five Eyes partners are not subject to the same rules, and information can be shared freely with them.
This continued insistence (widespread - not just you!) on the benevolence and good faith of US intelligence, post-Snowden, doesn't make any sense to me.
Yes, I agree that the rules don't mean much to NSA. Do you see why that doesn't matter in this case?
No, I don't see that. I do, however, see you in the parent comment arguing that rules are what currently prevent the NSA from compromising AWS.
You skipped whether you believe NSA follows them or not. Even if NSA ignores those rules, they have literally no rules about compromising foreign servers; they are required to do so, as part of their job.
Take a step back and note that nobody on HN is going to make an argument premised on "you should trust NSA to follow the rules". You can accept that as an axiom and have easier conversations here.
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