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Originally Posted by UKflames
The hilarious thing is that all of these 'backdoors' keep getting found, made public as security issues and they were probably put there by the NSA. I bet these companies love the fact they keep getting throw under the bus by the press for having written a programme with a hole in it, when it was put there for the US government all along but they cannot say anything due to some official secrets act.
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Which is why, on this issue, Google and Microsoft have teamed up to sue the NSA.
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Microsoft and Google's motion at the FISC (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court) to allow them to disclose their policies and some aggregate data on their compliance with court-ordered disclosures of customer data will be proceeding to litigation before the FISC.
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http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-googl...ed-7000020311/
They especially want to do that because a number of governments around the world have started to make demands that government systems avoid US products for fear of NSA spying.
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