[governance] NSA has direct access to tech giants' systems for user data, secret ppt reveals

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

I agree with nick here

--srs (htc one x)



On 7 June 2013 9:34:20 PM Nick Ashton-Hart <nashton at ccianet.org> wrote:
> Dear Parminder,
>
> I have previously disclosed that fact ad-nauseum, on this list, and quite 
> recently as you are well aware. In this case, I'm making an observation 
> that's not connected to my day-job; I'm watching this story unfold via 
> reportage just like everyone else is (and, personally, am pretty horrified 
> by what I'm reading).
>
> On 7 Jun 2013, at 17:47, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
>
> > On Friday 07 June 2013 08:26 PM, Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:
> >> It is worth noting that the companies have all denied involvement 
> categorically, as has been reported subsequently to the original reportage.
> >> > > Dear Nick,
> > I agree that the fact that these companies have denied involvement may 
> need to be highlighted. However, I'd very much appreciate that while making 
> such a posting as above you declare your job as representing the interests 
> of at least some of these companies. Unlike what you may assume, not every 
> reader would know that. This is a normal tenet of public discussions. Thanks.
> > parminder
> > >> On 7 Jun 2013 16:52, "michael gurstein" <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Guardian:
> >> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data
> >> Washington Post:
> >> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/us-intelligence-mining-data-from-nine-us-internet-companies-in-broad-secret-program/2013/06/06/3a0c0da8-cebf-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story_1.html
> >> some of the slides
> >> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-collection-documents/
> >> Participating companies in chronological order: Microsoft, Yahoo,
> >> Google, Facebook, PalTalk, YouTube, Skype, AOL, Apple. Dropbox
> >> apparently next up.
> >>
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