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- "Yahoo - secretly monitored emails - on behalf of the NSA !"
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- "Yahoo had complied with a classified directive - scanned hundreds of millions !"
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- "of Yahoo Mail accounts - at the behest of the NSA !"
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- "Yahoo had secretly built a custom software program - searched its customers’ incoming emails !"
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- "for specific information - at the request of officials of NSA - or FBI !"
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- "experts said this represented the first known case - of an Internet company !"
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- "agreed to demand - generally searched arriving messages !"
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- "Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision - obeyed the directive - troubled some senior executives !"
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- "and led to the departure - of the chief information security officer !"
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- "revelations about the Prism - and Upstream programs - where Yahoo was named !"
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- "showed that US citizens - were subject to mass surveillance !"
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- "Andrew Crocker - Electronic Frontier Foundation - said inside the US !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "scanning all emails - is fully protected - by the fourth amendment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "it is hard to see - how they could justify requiring Yahoo - to search emails like that !"
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- "there is no warrant - that could possibly justify scanning - all emails !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the program was discovered by - Yahoo’s security team - within weeks of its installation !"
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- "staff initially thought - hackers had broken in !"
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- "when Stamos found out - that Mayer had authorized the program !"
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- "he resigned as - chief information security officer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and told his subordinates - that he had been left out of a decision !"
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- "due to a programming flaw - he said !"
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- "hackers could have accessed - the stored emails !"
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- "the users’ security - must be protected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the demand for the search - came in the form of a classified directive - sent to the company’s legal team !"
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- "former officials said they had not previously seen - such a broad directive - for real-time web collection !"
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- "bulk customer data - must not be handed over to intelligence agencies - by phone and Internet companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "ACLU staff attorney Patrick Toomey said - that the demand made on Yahoo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "was "unprecedented" - and potentially unconstitutional !"
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- "Yahoo should have chosen - not to comply - with this order !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in the post-Snowden world - customers are counting on - technology companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to stand up - to novel spying demands - in court !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Senator Ron Wyden said - about the collection under Section 702 - of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act !"
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- "it was public record - that this surveillance program - was the basis !"
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- "for warrantless searches - of emails of US people - and they had never even counted how many !"
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- "the NSA had said - that it only targeted individuals - under Section 702 !"
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- "searched for email addresses - and similar identifiers !"
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- "if that has changed - they have an obligation - to notify the public !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "Mayer and other executives ultimately decided - to comply with the directive - rather than fight it !"
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- "Yahoo employees were upset - about the decision - not to contest the directive !"
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- "and thought the company - could have prevailed !"
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- "they were also upset - that Mayer - and Yahoo general counsel Ron Bell !"
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- "did not involve the - company’s security team - in the process !"
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- "instead asked - Yahoo’s email engineers - to write the program !"
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- "Congress passed surveillance reform - the "USA Freedom Act" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "three parts of the Patriot Act - expired !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but many Americans - across party lines - wanted a stronger bill !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the "USA Freedom Act" restored - expired powers of the FBI !"
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- "notably the "business records" - "lone wolf" - and "roving wiretap" provisions !"
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- "several forms of surveillance of US citizens - introduced by Bush ! - ( and altered in secret - by the NSA ! )"
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- "but the "USA Freedom Act" - puts an end !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "to the NSA’s indiscriminate collection - of US phone records !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- question: - "so that’s it - the FBI can’t listen to US phone calls anymore - right ?!"
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- "wrong - the FBI would do - whatever it wanted !"
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- "with US phone calls - provided it had a warrant !"
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- "section 215 of the Patriot Act - used by the FBI obtained US metadata - was restored !"
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- "but the Freedom Act - stops the NSA - from collecting US phone records - in bulk !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the main statute the FBI used - listened in directly on US phone calls !"
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- "was called Calea - the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act !"
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- "Fisa created a secret court - that issued orders related to surveillance - including US citizens !"
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- "so even as the "USA Freedom Act" - is watered down - the Congress is restricting the NSA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "( first time - since 1978 ! )"
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- "email from CIA director John Brennan’s - personal account !"
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- "he wrote under the title - "intel position paper" !"
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- "that they should have a national intelligence system - that brought together the capabilities !"
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- "of their collection - analytic - and technical communities !"
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- "in a manner - that promoted - security interests !"
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- "the intel community should not be subject - to political manipulation - and interference !"
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- "the intel mission should involve - departments - and agencies - and the private sector !"
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the World says no to mass Surveillance - Edward Snowden: LINK ¤ NEW YORK TIMES_________________________________________
- "Edward Snowden writes - "at first three journalists and he - worked in a Hong Kong hotel room" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "waiting to see how the world - would react - to the NSA revelations ?!"
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- "in the days that followed - those journalists and others published documents - revealed that !"
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- "the private activities of ordinary citizens - had been monitoring - who had done nothing wrong !"
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- "the US government responded - brought charges against him - under a 1914 espionage law !"
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- "some journalists were advised by lawyers - that they risked subpoena - if they returned to the US !"
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- "there were moments - when he thought he could put his life at risk for nothing - that the public could react with indifference !"
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- "never has he been so grateful - to have been so wrong !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "now the difference is profound - there is a strong public debate !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the NSA’s call-tracking program - is declared unlawful by the courts - and disowned by Congress !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "after an oversight board investigation found - that this program had not stopped a single attack !"
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- "the president has now ordered it - terminated !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "this is the power - of an informed public !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "ending the mass surveillance - of private phone calls - under the Patriot Act !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "is a historic victory - for the rights of every citizen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but it is only the latest product - of a change - in global awareness !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "institutions across Europe - rule similar laws - and operations - illegal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "and impose new restrictions - on future activities !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the United Nations declare - mass surveillance - an unambiguous violation of human rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in Latin America - the efforts of citizens in Brazil - led to the Marco Civil - an Internet Bill of Rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "recognizing the critical role of informed citizens - in correcting the security agencies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "the Council of Europe calls for new laws - to protect whistle-blowers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "beyond the frontiers of law - progress comes even more quickly !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "technologists have worked tirelessly - to re-engineer the security - of the devices !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "that surround us - along with the language of the Internet - itself !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "secret flaws in critical infrastructure - have been detected and corrected !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "basic technical safeguards - such as encryption - are now enabled by default - in the products of some companies !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "such structural technological changes - ensure access to basic privacies - beyond borders !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "but for example metadata - about the personal associations and interests - of ordinary Internet users !"
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- "must also be regulated - must not be on a mass scale !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "at the turning of the millennium - few imagined that citizens - of developed democracies !"
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- "would have to defend - the concept of an - open society !"
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- "yet the balance of power - now shifts !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "with each court victory - with every change in the law !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "we demonstrate facts - democracy - and common values - are most convincing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "as a society - we rediscover that the value - of a right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "is not in what it hides - but in what it protects !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
YAHOO - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ YAHOO
Yahoo scannte E-Mails der Kunden - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD
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- "nach dem Datendiebstahl von 500 Millionen Kunden - sah sich die Internetfirma Yahoo !"
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- "nun mit weiteren schweren Anschuldigungen konfrontiert - das Unternehmen hatte !"
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- "die eingehenden E-Mails von allen Kunden - auf Anweisung von der NSA überwacht !"
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- "konkret wurde ein eigenes Programm entwickelt - das jede neue eingetroffene Nachricht automatisch !"
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- "nach den angeforderten Informationen durchsucht hatte - hunderte Millionen Mails !"
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- "Grundlage dafür war eine geheime Anordnung - dies war das erste Mal - dass ein Onlineunternehmen !"
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- "sich dazu bereit erklärt hatte - neu eingehende Mails der Kunden - praktisch in Echtzeit zu überwachen !"
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- "die Entscheidung der Fisa-Direktive Folge zu leisten - war letztlich von Firmenchefin Marissa Mayer getroffen worden !"
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- "das nicht darüber in Kenntnis gesetzte Sicherheitsteam von Yahoo - hatte das Abhörprogramm !"
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- "nur wenige Wochen nach seiner Installation entdeckt - und war ursprünglich von einem Hackerangriff ausgegangen !"
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- "kurz darauf verließ der Sicherheitschef die Firma - was unmittelbar mit diesem Vorfall zusammenhängte !"
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- "Edward Snowden schreibt von einem historischen Sieg - für die Rechte eines jeden Bürgers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in einem Beitrag zur Einschränkung der Befugnisse der NSA - äußert er sich anerkennend über die Geheimdienstreform !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "es ist das jüngste Resultat - eines Wandels - im globalen Bewusstsein !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "der US-Kongress - hatte die von Barack Obama vorgeschlagene Geheimdienstreform - angenommen !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "der Senat stimmte für den sogenannten - "USA Freedom Act" - der aber etwas verwässert wurde !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "( dieser ermöglicht begründeten Datenzugriff - doch die Daten verbleiben bei den Telefonfirmen ! )"
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- "das Recht auf Privatsphäre - muss überall auf dem Globus - geschützt werden !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "der Whistleblower Snowden schreibt - dass aufgrund des NSA-Skandals !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "enorme technische - und politische Fortschritte - zu beobachten sind !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "so werden etwa Verschlüsselungsprogramme - nun standardmäßig von Firmen aktiviert !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "in Europa - und andernorts - werden etliche Überwachungsmethoden !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "der Geheimdienste - für rechtswidrig erklärt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "das Machtgleichgewicht - verschiebt sich !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "es gibt eine Politik - die sich der Widerstandsfähigkeit - und Vernunft zuwendet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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- "und es gibt ein - globales Bewußtsein - für Werte !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
YAHOO - Wikipedia DE: LINK ¤ YAHOO