ZDNet: "US government pushed tech firms to hand over source code"
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Thu Mar 17 22:20:19 PDT 2016
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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-source-code/
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