Re: OT: Secret spying on your Internet activity?

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>>>               *Ken* - There's a new petition taking off on Change.org,
>>> and we think you might be interested in signing it:
>>>             <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F9kLEoC-2Bh9CqsdU4ynONTJ6skFJN3qKgIucR6n35B-2BaxwC0Pq2sgPVv3FohPnXvsUCa0EZRDrpfr9ljUq2HUQAQDh8sCgMwSQakv9osVjpZDek7AuphE1KQZRK0xy5A-2BX6mevoff5aP2HMk5Iqj-2FFvHauQSLLoQEtFzQGhRL47PvWc5Kafyql1o480YZIOK5LtBJVFlMy7DXxKWKbVAQdr1RVopTZ_waxN-2FayPhGkz6DM9IZfKtgQuTrpSJsM0Hjbo7D7f9hnMAzY0CJjYky-2FGHGgHLrljIG6EN-2BTwh2f-2BXid6IYhdpgN7eW4Dx9h6RnnmfnTX56iVX-2BZX-2BDEWnffKuFlnpedWY0VTqQSMQwFv2YGBcpa8Zr-2BCHXimETZAk-2Fba6QA9hiIDFIBOoqmEdVzkyxzm77rAK1d55mgNnGl5wmcnUOse6cg8tRt5HYORtCXmGrcme5Ibo9Y5Fd3qeK4dnlARxGb8cjylfAoe55yY259-2BHp5XMQ-3D-3D>      Eric
>>> Holder: Allow tech companies to publish NSA PRISM data
>>> <http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=L4wUyO6b13sjdmUXmXaF3ImVTD6G6GFyhYT-2F9kLEoC-2Bh9CqsdU4ynONTJ6skFJN3qKgIucR6n35B-2BaxwC0Pq2sgPVv3FohPnXvsUCa0EZRDrpfr9ljUq2HUQAQDh8sCgMwSQakv9osVjpZDek7AuphE1KQZRK0xy5A-2BX6mevoff5aP2HMk5Iqj-2FFvHauQSLLoQEtFzQGhRL47PvWc5Kafyql1o480YZIOK5LtBJVFlMy7DXxKWKbVAQdr1RVopTZ_waxN-2FayPhGkz6DM9IZfKtgQuTrpSJsM0Hjbo7D7f9hnMAzY0CJjYky-2FGHGgHLrljIG6EN-2BTwh2f-2BXid6IYhdpgN7eW4Dx9h6RnnmfnTX56iVX-2BZX-2BDEWnffKuFlnpedWjcfC5vJ0AE6hVXGHCs9PenYkAoe5SSKOOoMN9nm7DgPn0AbjkM5mcAMdiD-2BLCutXHqko7es271x-2BHQtg6iecyqMAEoiYQxd4IY6qIPYdc3-2BQ9IvMBGLO71Ba5lHqibzajq9vUp-2BJYa4aKgjkmwPhRw-3D-3D>       By Alec F.   Alameda, California
>>>  Sign Alec's Petition
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>>>             After a leak of documents from the National Security Agency
>>> showed that a secret program called PRISM allows widespread surveillance of
>>> U.S. citizens' phone and internet activities with some of the world's
>>> biggest tech corporations, the nation is concerned and confused about our
>>> privacy rights.
>>> President Obama and the NSA have stated that widespread spying of
>>> Americans is not taking place and that the government is only requesting
>>> certain data from these companies. There is an easy way to show if this is
>>> true and that companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Twitter have
>>> taken the commendable step of requesting that the NSA allow them to publish
>>> the records of government data requests in their company transparency
>>> reports.
>>> In part, Google's letter states:
>>> *Assertions in the press that our compliance with these requests gives
>>> the U.S. government unfettered access to our users’ data are simply untrue.
>>> However, government nondisclosure obligations regarding the number of FISA
>>> national security requests that Google receives, as well as the number of
>>> accounts covered by those requests, fuel that speculation.*
>>> *
>>> We therefore ask you to help make it possible for Google to publish in
>>> our Transparency Report<http://email.change.org/wf/click?upn=1mmeex-2FjZn-2FwcNsRwSa6Vb1BAjT-2Fy11qFaLyn60GQxdkFjG0h2LCmON6FueK8875hyVQ3-2F2RksE7Cv2-2B5N91TVNKfrMASCuSq3bk3Ud3YmM-3D_waxN-2FayPhGkz6DM9IZfKtgQuTrpSJsM0Hjbo7D7f9hnMAzY0CJjYky-2FGHGgHLrljIG6EN-2BTwh2f-2BXid6IYhdpgN7eW4Dx9h6RnnmfnTX56iVX-2BZX-2BDEWnffKuFlnpedWSURcmzxAQMRbTmQ-2BPWnDEJ59Ki2zUIhWLGQsI8bvwZYGNwYnRrW2bO9QaAs6G-2B20KY8kzYXXnJDr8y5h-2BStokSxoOXa4RvjWSE0avMHtXIaRHrEhVEzdMxIoG6WmPm3gp8biOvJ63f-2FjG-2Fkf-2BKudew-3D-3D> aggregate
>>> numbers of national security requests, including FISA disclosures—in terms
>>> of both the number we receive and their scope. Google’s numbers would
>>> clearly show that our compliance with these requests falls far short of the
>>> claims being made. Google has nothing to hide. *
>>> The government allowed Google to start reporting the number of national
>>> security letters they received requesting data earlier this year, but
>>> they are still barred from releasing information about Foreign Intelligence
>>> Surveillance Act (FISA) orders. The requests for this data often comes in
>>> the form of secret court orders that not only force these companies to give
>>> data but also make it impossible for them to discuss even the basic
>>> details. That should change.
>>> By allowing these companies to include this information in their
>>> transparency reports, the government will be giving American citizens at
>>> least some of the insight we deserve about how our daily activities like
>>> emails and Google searches are being tracked by the government.
>>>          Sign Alec's Petition
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