Saturday, June 8, 2013

Facebook, Google Deny Participation in Prism


http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/06/07/facebook-google-deny-participation-in-prism.html

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There are two very different stories here. On Friday, top executives from all the leading tech companies originally named as participants in the sweeping government surveillance program code-named Prism denied they had ever heard of the program or authorized such access. 
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called reports "outrageous" and said they had "never been part of any program to give the US or any other government direct access to our servers." In a blog post titled "What the...?" 
Google co-founder Larry Page and chief legal officer David Drummond similarly denied granting access, saying, "We had not heard of a program called Prism until yesterday." Yahoo echoed the denials. Meanwhile, President Obama confirmed Prism's existence, and noted it was being run legally and with a "whole range of safeguards."
i find it hard to believe the biggest social networks weren't complicit, i also believe from their inception they were tapped to supply info on it's customers, i think it was a right wing driven effort.
uncle sam is a voyeur and since the technology became available they have been peeping, all the right wing hub bub about phone and email day one they knew the technology was coming and took steps to be in the loop.
we have been under the microscope since time began one group always spied on another. for advantage commercial business mailing list and buying habits have always been for sale telemarketers how do you think they get your info
today you can stay home and get anything you want delivered with the stroke of a key, tracking cookies, everytime you go online at end of each entries and search run a short scan i know because i am one of those shut in shoppers.  key questions in pop ups, is this relevant to you, do you want IE to remember your password,  freedom like the devil line in THE USUAL SUSPECTS, "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist".