Reform Government Surveillance

“Reports about government surveillance have shown there is a real need for greater disclosure and new limits on how governments collect information. The US government should take this opportunity to lead this reform effort and make things right.” —Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook

Re: Reform Government Surveillance

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Post by BIackSwan » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 5:02 AM UTC

Is this officially supported by the companies listed on the page? I dont see references to/from the page to the official blogs/announcement.

Re: Reform Government Surveillance

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Post by dmix » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 5:02 AM UTC

This is a good start. Hopefully some telecom and ISP companies sign-up. They've been exceptionally quiet regarding recent leaks despite being a greater threat to privacy than most of these consumer web services.

Re: Reform Government Surveillance

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Post by rebel » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 5:03 AM UTC

This has to be the first article I've seen where they actually excluded Apple from the title

edit: Not sure why Apple is included at the bottom but seems to be the only company there that isn't listed in the top set of logos. Not sure if that has any significance or is an oversight or..

Re: Reform Government Surveillance

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Post by phaed » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 5:03 AM UTC

Good god, they can't even get their open graph tags right. Tried to share this on facebook: http://i.imgur.com/HDtqrcS.png

Re: Reform Government Surveillance

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Post by jliechti1 » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 5:04 AM UTC

BIackSwan wrote: post #5

Is this officially supported by the companies listed on the page? I dont see references to/from the page to the official blogs/announcement.

That's what I'm confused about. The bottom of the page has

I guess this is just one person aggregating the information together?

Re: Reform Government Surveillance

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Dec 09, 2013, 5:05 AM UTC

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