Facebook is an 'appalling spy machine'
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says Facebook, Google, and Yahoo
are actually tools for the U.S. intelligence community.
Speaking to Russian news site, He reportedly said that the information Facebook
houses is a potential boon for the U.S. government if it tries to build up a dossier
on users.
"Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been
invented," Assange said in the interview
"Here we have the world's most comprehensive database about people,
their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations and the
communications with each other, their relatives, all sitting within the United
States, all accessible to U.S. intelligence."
Julian Assange
But Assange didn't just stop at Facebook. He also told RT that in addition to the
world's largest social network, Google and Yahoo "have built-in interfaces for U.S.
intelligence."
Surprisingly, Assange didn't mention Twitter, another major social network with
which his organization has run into trouble.
For U.S. intelligence, getting information from Facebook is much easier, Assange
said in the interview.
He reportedly told RT that the U.S. intelligence community's use of "legal and
political pressure" on Facebook is enough for it get what it wants.
"Everyone should understand that when they add their friends to Facebook,
they are doing free work for United States intelligence agencies in building
this database for them," Assange said,
Facebook disagrees with Assange's sentiment. In a written statement to CNET, a
Facebook spokesman said that it does only what's legal--and nothing more.
"We don't respond to pressure, we respond to compulsory legal process," the
spokesman told CNET.
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සාරාංශය.
ෆේස්බුක් එකේ ඉන්නව කියන්නෙ අපි නිකන් ගේමක් නැතුව අමෙරිකාවෙ බුද්ධි
අංශ වලට අපේ ඔක්කොම තොරතුරු දෙනව කියන එකලු
විකිලීක්ස් ලොක්ක කියන්නෙ
++reps if useful/informative
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says Facebook, Google, and Yahoo
are actually tools for the U.S. intelligence community.
Speaking to Russian news site, He reportedly said that the information Facebook
houses is a potential boon for the U.S. government if it tries to build up a dossier
on users.
"Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been
invented," Assange said in the interview
"Here we have the world's most comprehensive database about people,
their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations and the
communications with each other, their relatives, all sitting within the United
States, all accessible to U.S. intelligence."
Julian Assange
But Assange didn't just stop at Facebook. He also told RT that in addition to the
world's largest social network, Google and Yahoo "have built-in interfaces for U.S.
intelligence."
Surprisingly, Assange didn't mention Twitter, another major social network with
which his organization has run into trouble.
For U.S. intelligence, getting information from Facebook is much easier, Assange
said in the interview.
He reportedly told RT that the U.S. intelligence community's use of "legal and
political pressure" on Facebook is enough for it get what it wants.
"Everyone should understand that when they add their friends to Facebook,
they are doing free work for United States intelligence agencies in building
this database for them," Assange said,
Facebook disagrees with Assange's sentiment. In a written statement to CNET, a
Facebook spokesman said that it does only what's legal--and nothing more.
"We don't respond to pressure, we respond to compulsory legal process," the
spokesman told CNET.
source
සාරාංශය.
ෆේස්බුක් එකේ ඉන්නව කියන්නෙ අපි නිකන් ගේමක් නැතුව අමෙරිකාවෙ බුද්ධි
අංශ වලට අපේ ඔක්කොම තොරතුරු දෙනව කියන එකලු
විකිලීක්ස් ලොක්ක කියන්නෙ
++reps if useful/informative
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