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

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…
Ms. Smith’s blog

Is having your photo featured on Bing homepage enough reason to give up your rights?

When a company creates a search engine that is so popular that it becomes a verb, who does a competitor hire to change the default behavior of the majority of web users? In the case of Microsoft, it hired social scientist Matt Wallaert to work with Bing. Wallaert was tasked “with figuring out ways to make it easier for Bing users to make decisions and take actions, as well as ways to wean people off…
Ms. Smith’s blog

Microsoft cites constitutional rights to lift gag orders, tell public about gov’t spying

In a letter [pdf] to Attorney General Eric Holder, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith, wrote:
Ms. Smith’s blog

Privacy Rights Group Challenges British Government Over Spy Technology Sales – Slate Magazine (blog)


Slate Magazine (blog)

Privacy Rights Group Challenges British Government Over Spy Technology Sales
Slate Magazine (blog)
FinFisher, sometimes also called FinSpy, is a spy Trojan designed to covertly infiltrate targeted computers, monitor communications, and gather data from a hard drive. It can secretly record audio from a microphone, monitor emails and Skype
UK govt. sued for spy technology exportsPress TV

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