Jun 13
The highly-classified, confidential documents that revealed the NSA’s massive data-mining operation, PRISM
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Jun 13
A lot remains uncertain about the number of users affected by the NSA PRISM surveillance program that is taking place, the extent to which companies are involved, and how the NSA handles this sensitive data. Here are some of the biggest unresolved questions.
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Jun 13
Are you worried about Barack Obama reading all your emails and listening to all your phone calls? Beefing up your privacy settings is one thing, but fighting in the greater war to protect your Constitutional rights is another. You should do the latter, y’know, to be a good American. Here’s how to get started.
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Jun 13
Jun 13
Surveillance programs like the NSA’s PRISM are “the tip of the iceberg” a US House representative has admitted, claiming she and her fellow lawmakers were “astounded” by the extent of the monitoring when it was explained in a confidential briefing. Representative Loretta Sanchez, a Californian democrat, was one of a number of people told “significantly
Jun 11
Google asks US government to let it publish more national security requests for data, including FISA disclosures (update: Microsoft, Facebook too)
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Google CEO Larry Page and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond made a general call for more transparency in their response to the PRISM revelations last week, and Drummond has gotten quite a bit more specific with that request today. In a post on the company’s Public Policy blog, he says that he’s sent a letter to offices of the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation asking that Google be allowed to publish aggregate numbers of the national security requests for data it receives, including FISA disclosures, “in terms of both the number we receive and their scope.” Those numbers, he says, “would clearly show that our compliance with these requests falls far short of the claims being made,” adding, “Google has nothing to hide.” You can find the full letter at the source link below.
Update: Reuters is reporting that Microsoft also wants Uncle Sam to loosen up and let it be more transparent with the “volume and scope” of national security requests and FISA orders. “Our recent report went as far as we legally could and the government should take action to allow companies to provide additional transparency,” Ballmer and Co. added.
Update 2: Hot off the heels of Redmond’s call to the US government, Facebook is voicing similar sentiments regarding increased transparency. “We urge the United States government to help make that possible by allowing companies to include information about the size and scope of national security requests we receive,” read a statement released by the social network.
Filed under: Internet, Microsoft, Google
Source: Google Public Policy Blog, Reuters (1), (2)
Jun 11
Google asks US government to let it publish more national security requests for data, including FISA disclosures
Posted in: Today's Chili
Google CEO Larry Page and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond made a general call for more transparency in their response to the PRISM revelations last week, and Drummond has gotten quite a bit more specific with that request today. In a post on the company’s Public Policy blog, he says that he’s sent a letter to offices of the Attorney General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation asking that Google be allowed to publish aggregate numbers of the national security requests for data it receives, including FISA disclosures, “in terms of both the number we receive and their scope.” Those numbers, he says, “would clearly show that our compliance with these requests falls far short of the claims being made,” adding, “Google has nothing to hide.” You can find the full letter at the source link below.
Source: Google Public Policy Blog
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The Weekly Roundup for 06.03.2013
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You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past seven days — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
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