alt Hacker News>Spying is not the right analogy because the information was given to the police by a third party which had a EULA saying they would do this. A more analogous situation would be someone reading another person’s diary and then turning it into the police department.
This is spying with extra steps couched in corporate speak.
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Extra steps couched in corporate speak is often the defining line that defines whether something is technically legal or not.
> This is spying with extra steps couched in corporate speak.
Calling something names doesn't invalidate it. It only invalidates what point you're trying to make.
Well, let's say that you have a regular customer at a bar.
They get friendly and loose-lipped with the bartender over the span of months. Eventually they let slip that they plan on killing their spouse for a life insurance payout. At first the bartender thinks they're joking, but it becomes evident that there's an actual plan being acted upon and someone's life is very likely in imminent danger.
Does the bartender have a responsibility to go to the police?
I was responding to a question about the legal case. The police did not perform any spying.
Frustrations about Anthropic’s EULA are a separate matter.