- From: Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:48:43 -0500
- To: Jens de Smit <jens.desmit@surfnet.nl>
- Cc: public-privacy@w3.org
Le 16 nov. 2010 à 09:59, Jens de Smit a écrit :
> Currently, they only mention digital written conversation. Scary enough,
> but what will happen when Facebook steps into the VoIP business (like
> Google already has)?
>
> ANP - April 25, 2014
> "The governments of the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK
> have simultaneously announced heavy savings on their respective Defence
> budgets. The savings arise from the decommisioning of the ECHELON
> Signals Intelligence network, which has become obsolete by the
> information sharing agreement that Facebook and the governments signed
> last week.
Which reminds me of this article by Ignacio Ramonet in August 2003
http://mondediplo.com/2003/08/01ramonet
On Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:45:54 GMT
In On the record - Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
At http://mondediplo.com/2003/08/01ramonet
It should be noted that in the US it is against
the law to stockpile personal data. But there is
no law preventing a private company from
collecting data on behalf of the US government.
ChoicePoint, with its headquarters near Atlanta,
Georgia, is a familiar name from the recent past.
In Florida, during the US presidential elections
in 2000, its subsidiary Database Technologies was
hired by the state to reorganise its electoral
lists. The result was that thousands of Floridians
were deprived of their right to vote, which then
affected the result of the election: it was won by
George Bush by a mere 537 votes, a victory that
put him into the White House (2).
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Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/
Developer Relations & Tools, Opera Software
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