PRISM Surveillance Program

[DNA_Uncut]

http://prism-break.org/

 

[Sushubh]

Search please. Already posted.

 

[Sushubh]

Good article to read...
http://www.readability.com/articles/tahhiir0
Microsoft release details of their bug reports to NSA like bodies. The idea is to let them know about the flaws. But it also allows them to use the same bugs to target enemies and friends alike.

But even that pales into insignificance compared to the latest information obtained by Bloomberg:
Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software company, provides intelligence agencies with information about bugs in its popular software before it publicly releases a fix, according to two people familiar with the process. That information can be used to protect government computers and to access the computers of terrorists or military foes.
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (MSFT) and other software or Internet security companies have been aware that this type of early alert allowed the U.S. to exploit vulnerabilities in software sold to foreign governments, according to two U.S. officials. Microsoft doesn’t ask and can’t be told how the government uses such tip-offs, said the officials, who asked not to be identified because the matter is confidential.
Frank Shaw, a spokesman for Microsoft, said those releases occur in cooperation with multiple agencies and are designed to give government “an early start” on risk assessment and mitigation.

 

[Sushubh]

 

[Sushubh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=UrOZllbNarw

 

[naveen_reloaded]

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-dismisses-pil-on-us-snooping/article4856759.ece?homepage=trueConfusing statements :

“The petitioner may have right to privacy against foreign companies but this right is not covered under Article 21 of the Constitution. The petitioner can move before any other forum for remedy,” a bench of justices A.K. Patnaik and Ranjan Gogoi said.The bench also said that the court cannot direct Parliament to enact law to safeguard privacy of citizens against such snooping.

 

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[Sushubh]

 

[moindear]

 

[Sushubh]

http://www.readability.com/articles/gn9bnolx

• Microsoft helped the NSA to circumvent its encryption to address concerns that the agency would be unable to intercept web chats on the new Outlook.com portal;
• The agency already had pre-encryption stage access to email on Outlook.com, including Hotmail;
• The company worked with the FBI this year to allow the NSA easier access via Prism to its cloud storage service SkyDrive, which now has more than 250 million users worldwide;
• Microsoft also worked with the FBI's Data Intercept Unit to "understand" potential issues with a feature in Outlook.com that allows users to create email aliases;
• Skype, which was bought by Microsoft in October 2011, worked with intelligence agencies last year to allow Prism to collect video of conversations as well as audio;
• Material collected through Prism is routinely shared with the FBI and CIA, with one NSA document describing the program as a "team sport".