Company complied with a classified directive,scanning hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail accounts at the behest of NSA or FBI, say former employeesYahoo final year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers’ incoming emails for specific information at the request of US intelligence officials, and according to a report.
The company complied with a classified US government directive,scanning hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail accounts at the behest of the National Security Agency (NSA) or FBI, two former employees and a third person who knew approximately the program told Reuters. Related: Yahoo faces questions after hack of half a billion accounts It is deeply disappointing. Post-Snowden, and customers are counting on tech companies to stand up to novel spying demands Related: Snowden disclosures helped reduce use of Patriot Act provision to acquire email records Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com