Yahoo describes surveillance fight (PRISM - US Gov threatens $250K/day fine)

Washington Post ^ | Sept 11, 2014 | Associated Press

[dayglored]

WASHINGTON — Yahoo said Thursday the government threatened to fine the company $250,000 a day if it did not comply with demands to go along with an expansion of U.S. surveillance by surrendering online information, a step the company regarded as unconstitutional.

The outlines of Yahoo’s secret and ultimately unsuccessful court fight against government surveillance emerged when a federal judge ordered the unsealing of some material about Yahoo’s court challenge.

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[dayglored]

Here we go folks, another example of what Snowden was talking about. A quarter million dollars a day fine for not bending over for the spooks. Lovely.

Your tax dollars at work!!

[dayglored]

Damn, Nully -- Where's my tin-foil hat?!?

Shadowace -- not exactly a tech ping item, your call...

[BenLurkin]

[driftdiver]

If they were monitoring potential terrorists it would be one thing. They were monitoring everyone.

[dayglored]

“Don’t worry about us reading your email and personal communications, Comrade Citizen. There is nothing to fear, as long as you have done nothing wrong. Or illegal. Or that we don’t like. Or...”

[dayglored]

> If they were monitoring potential terrorists it would be one thing. They were monitoring everyone.

Yep. And they won, too:

"...Yahoo’s secret and ultimately unsuccessful court fight against government surveillance..."

The spooks succeeded -- they made 'em bend over and cough up the users' data.

[lepton]

The article seems deliberately vague about when what was happening.

Is it because they only have very partial data, or is it because the are being partial with the data.

[Lazamataz]

This is nothing like the America I remember.

[Lazamataz]

I don’t know what country I am in now, but America it is not.

[unread]

"If they were monitoring potential terrorists it would be one thing. They were monitoring everyone."

The government (the ruling class) has become far more concerned about their OWN safety then they are about the safety American people.... The wide open borders are absolute proof of that...!!

[MichaelCorleone]

Way to go Ms. Marissa Mayer! At least you’re trying to put the clamps on the growing tyranny. That’s more than can be said for most of the CEO’s.

$250K/day is some serious coin. Almost nobody can withstand that for long. But thanks for trying. You have my respect.

Once again we’re seeing the women demonstrate more b___s than the majority of men.

[driftdiver]

yep

[null and void]

Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!

To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...

[Darksheare]

Monitoring political opposition.

[Raycpa]

I’m shocked yahoo didn’t just bust open everything for the feds

[nothingnew]

You can type balls here...I think.

FMCDH(BITS)

[MaxMax]

It’s also a Faraday home.

[dayglored]

>> Once again we’re seeing the women demonstrate more b___s than the majority of men.

> You can type balls here...I think.

But it's preferable if they're mangled.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The government should replace its seals with a cartoon depiction of the male homosexual sex act in order to accurately depict what it is doing to Americans.

PING!