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Automattic Says Spooks Asked for Something It Can't Reveal

posted by janrinok on Wednesday July 29 2015, @02:03AM   Printer-friendly

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found an interesting story:

Automattic, the company behind content management and blogging platform WordPress, has complained that it can't reveal the full extent of state intelligence agencies' requests to probe users' accounts.

The company's new National Security report reports that the company's recorded zero “national security requests” in 2015's first six months. But the report then offers this observation:

The post goes on to say “By preventing us from sharing a more precise number of requests, the current disclosure rules diminish the trust that our users place in us and our services. For now, we are disclosing the maximum amount of information allowed by law.”

Automattic's unhappy with that so has joined the Twitter-initiated effort (PDF) to get the US attorney-general to change the rules in order to allow more detailed reporting of intelligence agency requests.

That effort could take years to resolve, so until it does it seems safest to assume that even though companies list small quantities of intelligence agency action, the reality may be rather different. ®

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday July 29 2015, @02:26AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 29 2015, @02:26AM (#215190) Journal

    "could take years to resolve"

    It takes years to resolve a problem caused by government - but if you're behind on taxes, government resolves that quite quickly.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 29 2015, @02:48AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 29 2015, @02:48AM (#215200) Journal
    Quote [shopify.com]:

    If you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 29 2015, @02:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 29 2015, @02:54AM (#215202)

    So why don't you run for President and win and personally abolish the NSA? Here's a catchy slogan for your campaign: "Read my ass, no more shit!"

    • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 29 2015, @03:05AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 29 2015, @03:05AM (#215207)

      careful spouting that anti-government rhetoric... you might come off as a libertarian and the sheeple will accuse you of being 'extremist'

      • (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 29 2015, @04:45AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 29 2015, @04:45AM (#215259)

        Well, not so much an extremist as a complete fraud who would piss and shit themself once faced with the social darwinistic dystopia they clamour for. #cognitivedissonance