CNET reported last Friday that the U.S. government has threatened Internet companies with installing surveillance devices on their networks if they do not help with surveillance requests. The article disclosed that Microsoft had created a wiretap compliance system to respond to legal orders for surveillance directed at Hotmail accounts -- a process that prevented government surveillance devices from being installed. The government has previously installed surveillance devices on networks owned by Verizon Business and EarthLink. Microsoft has asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for permission to disclose "aggregate statistics" regarding the number of FISA orders it receives, including orders feeding into PRISM. That request (PDF) was filed on June 19. The Justice Department has been delaying the proceedings, initially saying it would respond by July 9 and then asking (PDF) for a deadline extension to July 23
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 10:02:40 +0000
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