ACLU: Google collab with US spy agency is dangerous
The NSA--a component of the Department of Defense--is an intelligence collection agency with few effective checks against abuse and no public oversight of its activities. In the last decade, the NSA's vast dragnet of suspicionless surveillance has targeted everyday Americans, in violation of the law and the Constitution.
...The specific terms of the proposed deal are very unsettling. Google announced that they're asking the NSA to find "vulnerabilities."
What assurances do we have that a spy organization like the NSA would fix the holes they find and won't instead use them to tap into our personal data? Cybersecurity for the American people should not be handed over to a military spy agency that has a history of secretly exploiting vulnerabilities, not fixing them.
The ACLU asks that people send a message to Google that strongly opposes a deal with the NSA.
What is interesting about this proposed alliance is that the two sides are still negotiating the terms. This must indicate that Google has not been happy about terms that the NSA has specified.
Good point here from ACLU:If companies like Google think they need the government’s help to secure their networks, then a civilian agency needs to step up to the task. Cybersecurity for the American people should not be handed over to a military spy agency, one that is insulated from public oversight and has a history of secretly exploiting vulnerabilities, rather than fixing them.And...
The NSA sucks up the equivalent of the contents of the Library of Congress every six to eight hours, every single day. In the last decade, the NSA’s dragnet, suspicionless surveillance has targeted everyday Americans, in violation of the law and the Constitution.Google + NSA doesn't look good...
Send a message to Google that strongly opposes a deal with the NSA.
Please see:
» Tell Google Not to Enter Into an Agreement With the NSA
» Cybersecurity is Not Your Gig, NSA!