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May 21, 2014 08:58 pm GMT

How Major Tech Companies Aid NSA Surveillance: Live Chat

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Almost one year ago, documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed the existence of PRISM, a top secret program that allows the NSA to access user data from major Silicon Valley companies like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Yahoo, an Apple

The tech world was surprised and appalled — how could the companies allow something like that? As it turned out, they were just complying with the law. But PRISM was just the first of an array of revelations that uncovered how the NSA exploits technology, and our reliance on Silicon Valley companies, to conduct its surveillance.

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