At a recent Cato Institute event on NSA spying activities, the
ACLU’s Chris Soghoian stated that NSA activities were not only a threat to
privacy but were also a direct threat to businesses. On a panel that included Jim Burrows of Silent Circle,
Soghoian lamented that NSA data collection amounts to a prohibition of certain
business models. Silent Circle is a Web service that provides encryption
software text and voice messages — and, until recently, emails. A similar
company, Lavabit, is best known as the email provider used by Edward Snowden.
Lavabit was forced to close its services entirely due to
NSA requests to build backdoor access to data. Silent Circle chose to
discontinue its own email service in response to Lavabit’s closing. Lavabit’s
founder explained the situation on their blog post announcing the shutdown:……To Read More…..
My Take - What is more disturbing than what the government is doing regarding spying on American citizens illegally? Finding out what government is doing is so egregious that you find yourself in agreement with the ACLU.
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