Authorities compel tech companies to hand over data and place backdoors. They typically abuse secrecy laws to avoid public backlash, but their public demands ha

Authorities compel tech companies to hand over data and place backdoors. They typically abuse secrecy laws to avoid public backlash, but their public demands have gotten bolder since the Snowden disclosures. https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments-spying-apple-google-users-through-push-notifications-us-senator-2023-12-06/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/governments... https://www.techdirt.com/2016/02/16/no-judge-did-not-just-order-apple-to-break-encryption-san-bernardino-shooters-iphone-to-create-new-backdoor/ https://www.techdirt.com/2016/02/16/no-judge-did-not-just-or... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-02/juniper-mystery-attacks-traced-to-pentagon-role-and-chinese-hackers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-09-02/juniper-m... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants... https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1241YV/ https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN1241YV/ http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130614/02110223467/microsoft-said-to-give-zero-day-exploits-to-us-government-before-it-patches-them.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130614/02110223467/micros... https://hn.algolia.com/?q=encryption%20ban https://hn.algolia.com/?q=encryption%20ban They even also do it without the companies' knowledge too. https://archive.is/2023.10.31-203648/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story.html https://archive.is/2023.10.31-203648/https://www.washingtonp... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/its-no-secret-government-uses-zero-days-offense https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/its-no-secret-governme... Have you been living under a rock this past decade?