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Since word spread that Yahoo! backdoored its own email servers for US intelligence services, we've heard from rival webmail providers denying they have put in place similar arrangements.
That Yahoo! has a cosy relationship with the Feds is not surprising, especially given what we know about PRISM and Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. What is bizarre is that Yahoo!'s engineering team did not, it is claimed, involve its internal security team and introduced exploitable vulnerabilities into the email scanning system.
There's also the issue that this blanket surveillance, as reported, potentially scoops up private and personal communications of millions of innocent people.
We asked Google if it created a similar mechanism in which g-men can search all incoming messages for certain keywords, or if it has been asked to. A spokesman told us:
We've never received such a request, but if we did, our response would be simple: 'No way.'
Previously:
Yahoo "Secretly Scanned Emails for US Authorities"
US Government Threatened Yahoo with $250K Daily Fine if it didn't use PRISM
(Score: 5, Insightful) by TheGratefulNet on Friday October 07 2016, @03:30AM
this ;)
when someone says 'this is encrypted', I still have no trust in it.
because - 'reasons'. you know.
OT: we're seeing some of the worst in human behavior, on a massive scale, these days. I wonder how that will affect the generation growing up. they know not to trust cops, not to trust authority; and the world mostly does not trust americans and the US, anymore. its all kinds of fucked up, and they're seeing it all, since they are very connected (online) and unless they are in a sheltered community, they're free to read all sides of the issues and make up their own minds. they see the greed and the failure of capitalism (lets be honest) and I do wonder how its going to work out when they get to run things.
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 07 2016, @03:34AM
> they're free to read all sides of the issues and make up their own minds.
And they are also free to read the constant flows of bullshit that pass for truth in the minds of so many credulous fools.
The problem isn't just the loss of trust in institutions, its the placing of trust in the bullshit artists.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday October 07 2016, @05:15AM
This comment reminded me to start my own cult.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 07 2016, @04:49PM
its the placing of trust in the bullshit artists
Ah, the likes of Trump and what the alt-right puts out.