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Hillary Clinton: ‘Our technology companies are not part of our government’

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Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for a “global compact” on surveillance and the use of collected data, saying the U.S. isn’t the only country that does it and American technology companies are unfairly targeted for the government’s actions.

“The U.S. government doesn’t use information for commercial purposes,” while other countries do, Clinton said.

“We need to make it clear to other countries that our technology companies are not part of our government, and that we have more legal processes than any other country that I’m aware of” covering government requests for information, Clinton said during her appearance at the Nexenta OpenSDx Summit, a technology conference in San Francisco.

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Talk of cyberwarfare meaningless to many companies, experts say – CSO Magazine

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Talk of cyberwarfare meaningless to many companies, experts say
CSO Magazine
While government leaders often use attention-grabbing buzzwords like cyberwarfare, such expressions do not have much impact on security budgets within private industries, experts say. [Export controls place cybersecurity on par with military weaponry].

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Do Antivirus Companies Whitelist NSA Malware? – InformationWeek

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Do Antivirus Companies Whitelist NSA Malware?
InformationWeek
"Given that it engages in offensive cyberattacks — and launches cyberweapons like Stuxnet and Flame — it's reasonable to assume that it's asked antivirus companies to ignore its malware. We know that antivirus companies have previously done this for …

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First Amendment rights, cry tech companies in fight against redacted FISA motion

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May I… ? No. Why not? Because I said so. If you are a parent, you may have tried that tactic. If you were a kid who heard that reason, then you know it’s entirely unsatisfactory. It is that type of FISA conversation from Big Brother that little-brother tech companies Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Yahoo and LinkedIn are fighting against. Now those companies are suing the government…
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