> Date: Mon, 29 Feb 2016 20:53:38 -0800 > From: autoplec...@gmail.com
> Perhaps the security issue re State searches is better left in the > hands of lawyers and their ilk. > > > E. ==================== http://www.zdnet.com/article/us-government-pushed-tech-firms-to-hand-over-source-code/ 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." When asked, a spokesperson for the Justice Dept. acknowledged that the department has demanded source code and private encryption keys before. In a recent filing against Apple, the government cited a 2013 case where it won a court order demanding that Lavabit, an encrypted email provider said to have been used by whistleblower Edward Snowden, must turn over its source code and private keys. The Justice Dept. used that same filing to imply it would, in a similar effort, demand Apple's source code and private keys in its ongoing case in an effort to compel the company's help by unlocking an iPhone used by the San Bernardino shooter. [snip]
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