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Yahoo secretly scanned millions of its users' email accounts on behalf of the US government, according to a report. Reuters news agency says the firm built special software last year to comply with a classified request.
"Yahoo is a law abiding company, and complies with the laws of the United States," the tech firm said in a statement provided to the BBC.
The allegation comes less than a fortnight after Yahoo said hackers had stolen data about many of its users. Yahoo is in the process of being taken over by Verizon Communications in a $4.8bn (£3.8bn) deal. The telecoms provider declined to comment on the report.
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spagmumps, n.:
Any of the millions of Styrofoam wads that accompany mail-order items.
-- "Sniglets", Rich Hall & Friends
(Score: 2) by Spamalope on Wednesday October 05 2016, @03:10PM
Apple is the only "major corp" that hasn't jumped into the orgy with Uncle Sam
If you parse Apples statements, you can't be certain of that. If Apple's created a device that's encrypted to keep competitors, criminals, and governmental entities that haven't signed a confidentiality and indemnification agreement out, but has more than one encryption key so that they can arrange access that's still possible given carefully couched statements by Apple.
Access to Apple devices is far more valuable the targets of investigations believe themselves to be secure.