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47. I've provided the link to your first excerpt, WillyT,

It was updated at 5:14 tonight. I thought you might find it interesting.


The Washington Post Has Now Hedged Its Stunning Claim About Google, Facebook, Etc, Giving The Government Direct Access To Their Servers
Henry Blodget | Jun. 7, 2013, 5:14 PM | 7,400 | 31


The government agencies, the Post said, were "tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs that enable analysts to track a person’s movements and contacts over time."
This surveillance program, the Post reported, had been "knowingly" facilitated by the tech companies, which had allowed the government to tap directly into their central servers.

The Post story described a "career intelligence officer" as being so horrified by the power and privacy intrusion of this surveillance system that the officer was helping to leak the news to expose it.

"They quite literally can watch your ideas form as you type,” the officer reportedly told the Post.

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The story also led to immediate, explicit denials from the technology companies. Google, Facebook, and Yahoo all said that the government did not have "direct access" to any servers. Apple said it had never even heard of the program it was supposedly partnering with.
So The Post's claim that the companies had voluntarily given the government direct, open, un-monitored access to their servers quickly seemed suspect.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-updates-spying-story-2013-6#ixzz2VaQQocuX


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/washington-post-updates-spying-story-2013-6#ixzz2VaPccCBy