Internet giants deny granting government 'direct access' to servers

The more and louder they deny it the more true it is…we learned that from the obama administration.

So, they do not let them walk up to the server insert usb and download. What about virtual access? What about indirect access?

We do not provide direct access. No further questions… scurring away quickly…

Either way, both you lost trust.

Our government will “request” access to the servers in order to find out what the Chinese have already learned by hacking the same servers.

“direct access”, indirect access, i c wat u did thar

Security agencies work in secret offline, so why would it be any different online?, especially when 95% of western homes have at least one computer, it’s the ultimate surveillance tool for spy agencies, law enforcement.. (in-case you do a future crime they have logs). One would have to be naive to think we aren’t all monitored, logged. The companies either don’t know anything because knowledge would be above their highest level, or they don’t have a choice in the matter because it falls under post 911 terrorism laws, so there would be no need to ask and denial is easier when it’s sold to you in the ‘interest of national security’. Plus, any company to admit being a back-door to a spy agency would be corporate suicide. Always assume you are monitored and logged when online. Just because it’s a conspiracy theory doesn’t mean it isn’t true. I believe the Washington Post, absolutely. WikiLeaks showed us another world that goes on within the world that we know. If there was nothing to hide, Julian Assange wouldn’t be where he is. But more importantly, where are they holding the aliens?

That’s a tough one. On the one hand you have the internet giants of the ages and on the other you have the Washington Post, home of the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Janet Cooke. Gee, Forest, could this be another box of chocolates?

My Blackberry is looking pretty good to me right now…

No foolin’ Reuters! Wow, imagine that, all these companies deny granting access. You forgot the part where a secret court illegally grants permission for NSA to just hack right in!

@Life1- Why, you aren’t synced with a Windows or iOS desktop?

My Facebook account advocates ritual human sacrifice of politicians. Think they’re monitoring this post. Now, all your IPs are belonging to us.

It is difficult to take any of these assertions at face value since under the Patriot Act they could all be under a gag order not to disclose such information. Unfortunately, I afraid that the government has finally reached the tipping point with all it’s secrecy – it is no longer possible for the citizens to have any faith in what they are being told.

@totherepublic

I doubt it. Microsoft is protecting of customer’s privacy when compared to Google and Apple. I am sure they all cooperate with requests, but they would not want to give direct access to their information to anyone.

Big brother USA 2013

@Thermonuke: Nope. Runs all on its lonesome…

Direct server access or not, the NSA can easily get any data that they want by simply certifying that the requested data is for national security purposes. Effectively, they have access to all data at these companies.

Good luck getting anything useful from Microsoft..I can’t even search my own inbox on outlook.com or hotmail effectively.

There’s no incentive or coercion that these internet companies would co-operate with U.S. government to invade privacy this way. But such invasion may be involuntary and unnoticed. Washington Post is short on ISP’s motivation but its speculation is not totally groundless.

Oh gee…really? So like, wow, you mean these types of big companies WOULD actually just come right out and tell us if they WERE actually doing something this heinous to us? Great! And Yes, I just fell off the turnip truck yesterday, and I’m proud of it!

Sincerely,
An average American citizen

If you utter the word “bomb” out loud in an airport you can expect to be arrested. If it gets to the point where the equivalent type of communication on an internet connection results in a knock on the door, we’ll know the extent of the damage to our freedom.