Not just the phone companies. On the heels of that leak, we have this one: The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading US internet companies to spy on foreigners, the Washington Post has reported.
According to the newspaper, even though US citizens were not the intended targets of surveillance, this has allowed investigators to examine emails, photos and other documents of tens of millions of Americans that can be used to track people and their contacts over time.
alJazeera
Some of the world's largest internet brands are claimed to be part of the information-sharing program since its introduction in 2007. Microsoft – which is currently running an advertising campaign with the slogan "Your privacy is our priority" – was the first, with collection beginning in December 2007.
It was followed by Yahoo in 2008; Google, Facebook and PalTalk in 2009; YouTube in 2010; Skype and AOL in 2011; and finally Apple, which joined the program in 2012. The program is continuing to expand, with other providers due to come online.
Glenn Greenwald
Those of you who think it's okay for the government (when it's run by your party) to gather information on you because you're not doing anything wrong and you want to be safe from terrorists: how do you feel about the possibility of that information being hacked by the Commies? And possibly fed to terrorists? Uh-oh. We never thought of that. Don't worry. We'll think of some reason that won't matter. Or won't happen. Or something.
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