09.12.2013 16:05 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apple, others call for government surveillance reform

Apple, along with AOL, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo! have published an open letter calling for US government surveillance reform. The letter is addressed to President Obama and the US Congress and comes in response to the NSA's PRISM surveillance program that came to light earlier this year. Revelations about that program revealed that the government had backdoors into several of the technology company's servers. All those technology companies have denied giving the US government access. Dear Mr. President and Members of Congress, We understand that governments have a duty to protect their citizens. But this summer's revelations highlighted the urgent need to reform government surveillance

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