Given what is already known about the listed companies below, does this denial surprise anyone? Perhaps an even better question is does any one believe them?
Big technology companies, including Google, Microsoft Corp. , Twitter Inc. and Facebook Inc. denied scanning incoming user emails on behalf of the U.S. government, following a report that Yahoo Inc. had built such a system.
Reuters reported Tuesday that Yahoo had built a software system last year to scan all incoming email for specific information provided by intelligence officials, in compliance with a classified U.S. government directive.
The system was built without the knowledge of Yahoo’s security team, and its discovery prompted the departure of Yahoo’s then-Chief Information Security Officer Alex Stamos, Reuters reported. Mr. Stamos declined to comment.
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