NSA has "back door" into Google, Apple, Facebook and others

Greetings Netizens, and Citizens of the world.

Anonymous has obtained some documents that "they" do not want you to see, and much to "their" chagrin, we have found them, and are giving them to you.
These documents prove that the NSA is spying on you, and not just Americans. They are spying on the citizens of over 35 different countries.
These documents contain information on the companies involved in GiG, and Prism.
Whats GiG you might ask? well...

The GIG will enable the secure, agile, robust, dependable, interoperable data sharing environment for the Department where warfighter, business, and intelligence users share knowledge on a global network that facilitates information superiority, accelerates decision-making, effective operations, and Net-Centric transformation.

Like we said, this is happening in over 35 countries, and done in cooperation with private businesses, and intelligence partners world wide.
We bring this to you, So that you know just how little rights you have. Your privacy and freedoms are slowly being taken from you, in closed door meetings, in laws buried in
bills, and by people who are supposed to be protecting you.

Download these documents, share them, mirror them, don't allow them to make them disappear. Spread them wide and far. Let these people know, that we will not be silenced, that we will not be taken advantage of, and that we are not happy about this unwarranted, unnecessary, unethical spying of our private lives, for the monetary gain of the 1%.

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Its amazing, this will be pushed under the rug as the ignorant will be happy and content that "Nothing is going on here".

Scary world we live in.
 
Why wouldn't the USA spy on British citizens? The UK is a hot bed of Islamic extremism and the USA is their number one target.
 
Wow, only just spotted this thread. Personally I think it would have been somewhat naive to have imagined the big "spooks" don't do this with any such company.

They'd just walk into the HQ of these companies with a big ol' letter signed by The President/Prime Minister but just not advertise the fact otherwise it'll just scare users away.
 
nade said:
Wow, only just spotted this thread. Personally I think it would have been somewhat naive to have imagined the big "spooks" don't do this with any such company.

They'd just walk into the HQ of these companies with a big ol' letter signed by The President/Prime Minister but just not advertise the fact otherwise it'll just scare users away.
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in the UK anyway the PM doesnt have that kind of authority, the only signed letter would be from a court to force a company to hand over data
 
LateX'Dog said:
It is amazing that the crazy CT people called this 9 months before it went public:
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I'd be amazed if anyone didn't think the UK/USA couldn't read our e-mails already tbh...

Just seems so bizarre that people are shocked about it... the press releasing some details etc.. of the program are interesting news - the fact congress approved it etc... but its hardly a shocking revelation rather just confirming that a program exists to do something most people presumably already assumed they could do anyway.
 
MrMoonX said:
in the UK anyway the PM doesnt have that kind of authority, the only signed letter would be from a court to force a company to hand over data
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Do you honestly think they required a court for any of this?

There was a case recently involving a US software engineer writing poker software who was pressured by the FBI to put a backdoor into his program.

With large public tech companies they'll just need to either persuade someone senior or otherwise there are plenty of former govt employees already working at the likes of Google, Facebook, Microsoft etc... anyway. Its supposedly the largest employers of mathematicians in the world and they likely don't all stick about for a full career given the pay google etc.. offer.
 
dowie said:
Do you honestly think they required a court for any of this?

There was a case recently involving a US software engineer writing poker software who was pressured by the FBI to put a backdoor into his program.

With large public tech companies they'll just need to either persuade someone senior or otherwise there are plenty of former govt employees already working at the likes of Google, Facebook, Microsoft etc... anyway. Its supposedly the largest employers of mathematicians in the world and they likely don't all stick about for a full career given the pay google etc.. offer.
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As I said, in the uk, we generally have a better data protection and rights history than the US, however if I find out the government have been looking at my **** without due process, it's off to the ECHR
 
From Mark Zuckerberg
I want to respond personally to the outrageous press reports about PRISM:

Facebook is not and has never been part of any program to give the US or any other government direct access to our servers. We have never received a blanket request or court order from any government agency asking for information or metadata in bulk, like the one Verizon reportedly received. And if we did, we would fight it aggressively. We hadn't even heard of PRISM before yesterday.

When governments ask Facebook for data, we review each request carefully to make sure they always follow the correct processes and all applicable laws, and then only provide the information if is required by law. We will continue fighting aggressively to keep your information safe and secure.

We strongly encourage all governments to be much more transparent about all programs aimed at keeping the public safe. It's the only way to protect everyone's civil liberties and create the safe and free society we all want over the long term.
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MrMoonX said:
As I said, in the uk, we generally have a better data protection and rights history than the US, however if I find out the government have been looking at my **** without due process, it's off to the ECHR
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I doubt they'd need to worry about that sort of thing too much.

The fact that there are procedures in place to get this sort of data legally means that the legal route is going to be used as default for anything that might be required as evidence etc...

This secret backdoor thing is only useful for intelligence gathering and so you'll likely never be in a position to know if they accessed your data or not.
 
Whether it is this or something else, they will always get the information they want.

There is no point stressing over it, we're just going to have to accept it - as much as we dont like it.
 
panyan said:
Whether it is this or something else, they will always get the information they want.

There is no point stressing over it, we're just going to have to accept it - as much as we dont like it.
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If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem, it is the lax roll over attitude of the public and a lack of demand for accountability from their representatives that allows our Democracy to be eroded in this way.

I am pleased Zuckerberg has come out with a strong statement. Watching ITV news earlier tonight they were reporting companies were complicit in handing over this data when clearly they are not.
 
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, has released a statement about Prism on behalf of the World Wide Web Foundation.

“Today’s revelations are deeply concerning. Unwarranted government surveillance is an intrusion on basic human rights that threatens the very foundations of a democratic society.

“I call on all Web users to demand better legal protection and due process safeguards for the privacy of their online communications, including their right to be informed when someone requests or stores their data. Over the last two decades, the Web has become an integral part of our lives. A trace of our use of it can reveal very intimate personal things. A store of this information about each person is a huge liability: Whom would you trust to decide when to access it, or even to keep it secure?”
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Official statement from Google

Dear Google users—

You may be aware of press reports alleging that Internet companies have joined a secret U.S. government program called PRISM to give the National Security Agency direct access to our servers. As Google’s CEO and Chief Legal Officer, we wanted you to have the facts.

First, we have not joined any program that would give the U.S. government—or any other government—direct access to our servers. Indeed, the U.S. government does not have direct access or a “back door” to the information stored in our data centers. We had not heard of a program called PRISM until yesterday.

Second, we provide user data to governments only in accordance with the law. Our legal team reviews each and every request, and frequently pushes back when requests are overly broad or don’t follow the correct process. Press reports that suggest that Google is providing open-ended access to our users’ data are false, period. Until this week’s reports, we had never heard of the broad type of order that Verizon received—an order that appears to have required them to hand over millions of users’ call records. We were very surprised to learn that such broad orders exist. Any suggestion that Google is disclosing information about our users’ Internet activity on such a scale is completely false.

Finally, this episode confirms what we have long believed—there needs to be a more transparent approach. Google has worked hard, within the confines of the current laws, to be open about the data requests we receive. We post this information on our Transparency Report whenever possible. We were the first company to do this. And, of course, we understand that the U.S. and other governments need to take action to protect their citizens’ safety—including sometimes by using surveillance. But the level of secrecy around the current legal procedures undermines the freedoms we all cherish.

Posted by Larry Page, CEO and David Drummond, Chief Legal Officer
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The fact that every company involved is using the term "direct access" is mighty suspicious. If the NSA didn't have access at all, the 'direct' would be redundant.
 
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