When a young engineer working for a US government organization published information about the PRISM program, which included the surveillance of citizens using mobile phones, emails and other commonly used items, a rather large case broke out around the world, at the end of which representatives of the US government published a statement according to which although monitoring the population is not very ethical, it led to the prevention of damage of unimaginable proportions. One of the accused who provided their customer data to the US government is also Apple, it is no wonder that the names of almost every technology company in the world were dropped during the accusations of providing data.
In particular, the problem was that under the PRISM program, some companies provided access to government organizations and intelligence services directly, without the organization having to request access to a specific user's specific data through a court order, as is common. So, as a result, the government could monitor you without a court authorizing and ordering that particular surveillance. Apple released today directly on his website Apple.com official statement regarding the PRISM case. If you want to be interested in the PRISM case in more detail, you can read interesting information right here.
Company commitment Apple to user privacy
Two weeks ago, when tech companies were accused of sharing customer data with government agencies, he issued Apple clear answer: We first heard about the government's PRISM program on June 6 of this year, when journalists asked us about this program. We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and all government agencies must obtain a court order to access User Content. Like several other companies, we are permitted by the US government to disclose how many national security requests we receive and how we handle them. We are authorized to share this information and we are bringing some of this data now for the sake of transparency.
From December 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, the company received Apple between 4000 and 5000 customer access requests from US courts. Between 9000 and 10 other accounts and devices were monitored based on requests from federal, state or local criminal investigation and national security agencies. The most common form of request is from the police who are investigating theft, crimes, searching for missing children, or trying to find Alzheimer's patients, or trying to thwart a suicide attempt.
Regardless of the circumstances, our legal team evaluates each and every request and will only provide the narrowest possible set of information to the relevant authorities if warranted. In fact, from time to time, when we see inconsistencies or inaccuracies in a request, we refuse to provide the data. Apple has always emphasized the protection of our customers' personal data, and we do not collect or store personal data about our customers in the first place. There are certain categories of information that we do not provide to anyone.
For example, interviews that take place through services iMessage or Facetime are protected by so-called end-to-end encryption, so no one except the sender and recipient can see or read this data. Apple cannot decrypt this data. Likewise, we do not retain any data related to customer location, their search on maps or searches using SIRIWe will continue to work hard to find the right balance between meeting our legal obligations and protecting our customers' privacy, which they expect and deserve.
that's bullshit
just add 2 to 3 zeros to each number and we will find out the true number
all our data is on servers appwell, and when some security agency such as the FBI, NSA and others issues a request for access apple he gives it to them, because those agencies are supposed to ask for it with approval, and they do so with consent ministerties and even the president, but such things will never be spoken out loud
popcorn siri it stores my data for 2 years on servers, even if it won't understand my Slovak swear words?
the whole thing is to calm people down, but people are not relaxed anymore and they know what their data can be used for, = advertisements, tracking
I would agree with Amnart here... I just had to work for one of our mobile operators. They store much more data about people than they publicly admit and mainly in direct violation of the lawonem (after three months, for example, they have to delete calls, etc., which they don't do)... These companies never admit such things because they know it would harm them... ;-)
a bunch of suckers, I hate them
:) Amnart, you are also a security analyst, as I can see.
Which company, capital company, admin, group of people just let someone on their server? That's bullshit. Even here, the police can't just break into the company and give us your servers! Hands up and cables down :D Oh, I'm not saying that the Anglo-Saxon legal system is better than ours, but it's even stricter there than here. Although on the other hand, when a person has money, he remembers things better. Don't be paranoid.
The worst thing that can happen to Google is Applu and MS state is a decrease in the credibility of the company, which results in a fall in shares, heads, and business. I can't afford that. Hence the statements.
It is well described in the article, every standard request must meet the requirements, court, there must be relevant requirements and documents for it. That's right, it works for us too.
Of course, anyone who wants to rest in the dark can do it even without documents and permission, I am under no illusions that agencies do not hire people...but that is another story.
nightguard
I see that having your own opinion is bad for you, right?
the police are the final component above them are the security agencies and they have higher rights than the police
I meant it exactly as you described it in the last two lines, and who will prove it to them
3/4 of the current technologies were secret military projects and technologies from the army, everything is done for the army and eventually for others - also siri also displays in BMW - I think the ones you have on the windshield were army projects..
Roman :D
I'm definitely not for everyone, but I have my own opinion on everything :)
I see you changed the photo to style ios 7
do you use it primarily or are you just testing it on another ios equipment? because I am with ios 7beta lasted about 5 days, it had a lot of errors, so I went back to ios 6
Amnart is also sleeping on this server and waiting to comment.
Please
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