However, the Shiite-dominated Iraqi government, which has long been anxious that ousting Mr. Assad might strengthen the Islamic State, has also quietly enabled the Russian military buildup in Syria.
Time Magazine writes: "Rattray's site has quietly enabled tens of thousands of people, many with little exposure to social activism, to launch homegrown crusades on issues ranging from corporate malpractice to immigration reform without ever gathering in a park or square.
Now, after years of waiting, that's finally changing: Google has quietly enabled number porting for Google Voice.
The feature — which was quietly enabled on Twitter's mobile clients earlier this month; it has long been part of the TweetDeck app — has received a mixed response from users since CEO Jack Dorsey spotlighted it.
Last Thursday, Amazon quietly enabled a self-service tool for YouTube stars that lets them request to join the highly-vetted program, which had first launched into beta in late March.
I'm not accusing Google of anything nefarious here, just yet; if they wanted to keep tabs on everything everyone searches for in a way that associates it with user accounts, there are far sneakier ways to do it than quietly re-enabling a user facing option.
So long as we treat attacks like the nine the US endured this week as largely inconsequential, we quietly endorse and enable a grinding mass shooting epidemic a national shame sorely in need of a national reckoning.
The tremendous user engagement is enabling the company to quietly and discreetly build a powerful Interest Graph of things its users actually like and want to share.
This lightens the amount of force that hits the ground each time you make contact, enabling you to move much more quietly.
What is remarkable is how analytical and self-aware most of the interviewees appear, with director Dror Moreh enabling them to face their demons in a dispassionate manner that gets quietly but methodically to the dark heart of the matter.
