Comment by mrandish

> Online privacy expert Caro Robson said she believed it was "unprecedented" for a company "simply to withdraw a product rather than cooperate with a government".

> "It would be a very, very worrying precedent if other communications operators felt they simply could withdraw products and not be held accountable by governments," she told the BBC.

Attributing this shockingly pro-UK-spy-agencies quote to an "online privacy expert" without pointing out she consults for the UN, EU and international military agencies is typical BBC pro-government spin. In fact, Caro, it would be "very, very worrying" if communications operators didn't withdraw a product rather than be forced to make it deceptive and defective by design.