GigaomApple’s “warrant canary” disappears, suggesting new Patriot Act demands
Apple included language in its first Transparency Report to say that it had not been subject to a Section 215 Patriot Act request. That language is now gone. Read more »
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Apple included language in its first Transparency Report to say that it had not been subject to a Section 215 Patriot Act request. That language is now gone. Read more »
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Google, Microsoft and others are fighting to lift gag orders that prevent them from disclosing the number of surveillance requests they receive — but the FBI won’t even show them the… Read more »
The legal fight over tech companies’ right to disclose information about government surveillance got a big boost from Apple this week. Here’s a look at its legal filing. Read more »
Google employees are raining f-bombs — and interesting observations — about how they see the NSA’s decision to break into the company’s private databases. Read more »
Tech companies, stung by criticism that they are part of a surveillance state, have responded by publishing “transparency reports.” Apple finally did the same, though the effort feels half-hearted. Read more »
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