Yesterday a series of leaked photoshop slides in the Washington Post revealed a program codenamed PRISM that allowed government investigators access to data from a number of top internet companies. That leak has been followed up in the last 24 hours by a series of blanket denials as tech companies (and their CEOs, including Google's Larry Page and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg) claimed they do not give "backdoor access," only generally acknowledging that they do respond to legal requests for specific information. Meanwhile government officials including President Obama responded to the claims mostly by claiming whatever is going on -- including the bulk collection of call logs by the NSA -- is legal and has been "repeatedly authorized by Congress."
Tonight, a New York Times article may be able to explain the difference between the statements, citing information from unnamed people briefed on the program claiming the companies discussed ways to "efficiently and securely" share data about foreign users in response to requests made under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Developing...
Filed under: Apple, Microsoft, Google, Verizon, Facebook
Source: New York Times
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/Eyu02bhA6XY/
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