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The Yahoo fiasco is horrible, but it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has heard of Snowden and his leaks. He talks about programs like this, though I
by joesmo 10y ago
The Yahoo fiasco is horrible, but it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has heard of Snowden and his leaks. He talks about programs like this, though I don't remember the program's name. So, in other words, shouldn't we all have dumped Yahoo (and everyone else) in 2013? Also, it's rather irrelevant if you communicate mostly with other Yahoo, Gmail, etc. users because, unless you encrypt (good luck with getting your friends and family to encrypt) all messages, you still can't keep it private. So let's not pretend like this is a surprise or it's only Yahoo doing it. That last claim would be the most ridiculous.
- etjossem 10y agoYou are probably thinking of the PRISM program, which demands information from technology companies based on warrants from the secret FISA court [1], and the MUSCULAR program which sniffs internal Google/Yahoo cloud traffic from servers based in foreign countries. MUSCULAR is completely warrantless because the information is collected outside of the United States [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program) [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUSCULAR_(surveillance_program) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUSCULAR_(surveillance_program...
- moosey 10y agoWhile these programs are horrible, I'd like to mention how great the naming of the programs have been. One of my favorites was FIRSTDATE then BADDECISION leading to SECONDDATE. Again, not condoning behavior, I just wish I could be so creative when naming systems.