Monday, December 09, 2013

Major tech companies unite to call for new limits on surveillance - The Washington Post

More on the call to reform government surveillance
"Eight of the nation’s largest technology companies called on President Obama and Congress on Monday to impose strict new curbs on surveillance that, if enacted, would dramatically reshape intelligence operations that U.S. officials have portrayed as integral to the war on terrorism.
The uncommonly unified front — featuring companies, such as Google and Microsoft, that compete fiercely on business matters — underscored the deep alarm among technology leaders over revelations that the National Security Agency has collected user data far more extensively than the companies understood, in many cases with little or no court oversight."
Major tech companies unite to call for new limits on surveillance - The Washington Post

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