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There is a "serious misperception" about the National Security Agency's PRISM program, Google chief legal officer David Drummond said in an exclusive interview with Fox News. On Tuesday the company pushed back against the layers of secrecy surrounding the agency's alleged blanket snooping on American citizens.
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“A serious misperception has been created in the wake of the disclosures around the Verizon national security order, around phone records as well as the disclosures about the so-called PRISM program,” Drummond told Fox News.
Google is asking to be able to publish FISA court requests as part of its biannual "transparency report" in which the company lists the number and kind of user data requests it receives from the government, Drummond said.
"Google’s numbers would clearly show that our compliance with these requests falls far short of the claims being made," Drummond said in the letter.
Reports from the Guardian and the Washington Post stated that the NSA had “direct access” to the servers of Google, Facebook, and several other major internet companies. Drummond stressed that that simply wasn’t true -- but legal restrictions were preventing him from offering further details.
“There's no lockbox, there's no backdoor -- none of the other terms that you've seen in the past few days,” Drummond told Fox News. “We comply with orders, we deliver information when we receive these targeted orders
Big backlash from the tech companies over this.
That chart showing who joined when and that these companies even modified their software for them is not going over well.
Google has the most to lose with their google everywhere and cloud.
Big backlash from the tech companies over this.
That chart showing who joined when and that these companies even modified their software for them is not going over well.
Google has the most to lose with their google everywhere and cloud.
Maybe that's why they want to clarify the misconceptions. All the opinion pieces and politically salted commentary out there are making these corporations look like the bad guys.
Maybe that's why they want to clarify the misconceptions. All the opinion pieces and politically salted commentary out there are making these corporations look like the bad guys.
The PRISM charts aren't commentary.
And they defended themselves saying they didn't give "direct" access to the government.
With secret court orders they really had no choice.
I wonder how much money Google gets paid by the govt for the data requested
I don't know. Usually they sell if to whoever wants to buy it. I know they sell a lot data to Facebook, and other such companies in the business. Try it. Google for hotels in Key West, and in a few days go to Facebook, and you'll see a lot of ads on YOUR Facebook page for hotels in Key West. What a co-incidence .
If you use their software, they have the right to store the data, and do whatever they want with it. Anyone who thinks the internet guarantees privacy is being horribly naïve. Facebook makes most of their money from selling YOUR information to 3rd parties.
Of course Google would say this. They are a part of the Obama admin. now.
Who's left on your side now that both the private, and the public sectors are your enemies?
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