---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:21:24 -0400 Subject: [Cryptography] ZDNet: "US government pushed tech firms to hand over source code" To: cryptography@metzdowd.com NEW YORK -- The US government has made numerous attempts to obtain source code from tech companies in an effort to find security flaws that could be used for surveillance or investigations. The government has demanded source code in civil cases filed under seal but also by seeking clandestine rulings authorized under the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a person with direct knowledge of these demands told ZDNet. We're not naming the person as they relayed information that is likely classified. With these hearings held in secret and away from the public gaze, the person said that the tech companies hit by these demands are losing "most of the time." http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-government-pushed-tech-firms-to-hand-over-so... _____________________________________________ http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography