According to several former Yahoo employees, the company built a software program that allowed it to scan its customers emails for information wanted by authorities. What this means is that Yahoo agreed to violate its clients privacy and act like a secret policeman based on nothing more than the whim of federal agencies:
“Some surveillance experts said this represents the first case to surface of a U.S. Internet company agreeing to an intelligence agency’s request by searching all arriving messages, as opposed to examining stored messages or scanning a small number of accounts in real time.
It is not known what information intelligence officials were looking for, only that they wanted Yahoo to search for a set of characters. That could mean a phrase in an email or an attachment, said the sources, who did not want to be identified.
Reuters was unable to determine what data Yahoo may have handed over, if any, and if intelligence officials had approached other email providers besides Yahoo with this kind of request.
According to two of the former employees, Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer’s decision to obey the directive roiled some senior executives and led to the June 2015 departure of Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos, who now holds the top security job at Facebook Inc.
‘Yahoo is a law abiding company, and complies with the laws of the United States,’ the company said in a brief statement in response to Reuters questions about the demand. Yahoo declined any further comment.
Through a Facebook spokesman, Stamos declined a request for an interview.
The NSA referred questions to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, which declined to comment.”
Source: Reuters
20 years old
Treason.
hahahahaah wot do u expect
Treason is right
Not that I have anything to hide, but I treat every message and email as if it’s read by big brother. Like right now. Hello NSA.
This no surprise.