Hot take because Line Must Go Up is being blamed on "For the Shareholders!" lately, but:

It’s not just publicly traded companies. Private companies have greedy C-suites too.

At a guess, such cooperation would undermine Lenovo’s profit margin and would thus be a non-starter for them.

Enter government regulation, to pinch corporations by the ear and drag them to doing what’s right for society.

Apologies - didn’t realize I was talking to someone who has bouts of nihilism mixed in with their political activism like rocks in a salad.

Enjoy the block!

True, but your implication that I’m not doing enough while I’m sitting here complaining is just as well-served to the mirror.

Build a large enough catalogue of bulk data and anything can be used to track you.

We bought “It’s just so we can catch the terrorists!” hook, line, and sinker post-9/11.

But when “terrorism” is redefined as “making people in power upset,” we’re in big trouble.

So don’t say anything rude about Donald Trump or the FBI will seek you out:

https://invidious.perennialte.ch/watch?v=QS4bVx74nxU

What did we get from Detroit? Bloated low tech shit boxes that barely make it past warranty.

Don’t forget the bailouts:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_bankruptcy

I’m guessing there’s just so much money (and power) in that kind of thing that it’s simply here to stay.

Unlikely. There are a lot of badge bunnies out there.

Again, that angle is largely you seeking solutions to a problem that doesn’t exist; ICE agents aren’t trying to trick people in order to date/befriend them.

As I said, they don’t want anything to do with people who hate them.

Tons of joke answers and few actual answers, so here’s the opinion of an ex-cop:

What’s your aim? If it’s to identify ICE via speed dating or something to collect a list of local ICE agents, it’ll take weeks, months, or even years years to uncover what they do. ICE agents know quite a few people hate them, so they’re not going to wear their job on their sleeve. In that line of work it’s known as OPSEC. In my personal life, very few people know I was a cop. ICE is even less popular, so they’ll be even more tight about it. Best advice on this front is just keep your ears open for claims of being “taxi drivers,” “garbage collectors,” or other jokes cops often make to describe what they do.

If it’s to avoid dating/befriending ICE agents, all you need to do is let it be known that you hate ICE. Obviously your HR is going to come into the fray if you’re passing out “FUCK ICE” pamphlets, but feel free to get tattoos, bumper stickers, T-shirts, and whatever else you can get your hands on to express yourself, and I promise you ICE agents will avoid you like the plague, though they won’t outwardly state their reasons why.

I don’t want to hang out with people who hate me, you don’t want to hang out with people who hate you, and ICE agents don’t want to hang out with people who hate them. Not only is it unsafe, but it’s simply unpleasant.