Facebook got 10,000 requests for data from NSA in just six months (and Microsoft received 7,000 orders)
By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter
PUBLISHED: 14:23 EST, 15 June 2013 | UPDATED: 14:35 EST, 15 June 2013
Facebook and Microsoft were able to reveal limited information on Friday night about the government orders they have received to turn over user data to security agencies.
Ted Ullyot, Facebook’s general counsel, said in a statement that they had between 9,000 and 10,000 requests from all government entities, from local to federal, in the last six months of 2012.
The orders involved the accounts of between 18,000 and 19,000 Facebook users on a broad range of surveillance topics, from missing children to terrorism.
Microsoft said they had between 6,000 and 7,000 orders, affecting between 31,000 and 32,000 accounts, but downplayed how much they had revealed.
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Facebook has all this data from users. They sell “aggregate” data to business and anyone with money. I wonder if our government had to pay?
The data that was requested is data that all these businesses are storing about users. Has anyone ever questioned why? Google tracks all of your searches. Would it make you feel better to know that amazon, Google and Facebook are selling to Proctor and Gamble or one of those spammers?
From NYT 2/2012 “In 2004, AT&T (T) Labs Research studied telephone “network neighbors,” or people who call each other frequently. The company found something amazing: If your friend purchases something, you’re three to five times more likely than average to want the same product.”
Att was looking for “network neighbors”, but is it the same relationships that the NSA are looking at. Does big business make you feel better than the NSA?