前美國中央情報局W(CIA)僱員斯諾登披露美國國家安全總署W(NSA)一個名為 PRISMW (稜鏡行動)的全球互聯網用戶監控系統,聲稱這系統可直接進入美國九大互聯網服務供應商W中央伺服器W搜集情報,該九大公司包括香港人經常使用的 Microsoft、Yahoo、Google、Facebook、PalTalk、AOL、Skype、Youtube 和 最近才加入的Apple。
暫時這些頂尖科技公司對傳媒有關查詢的回應如下:
“We do not provide any government organization with direct access to Facebook servers. When Facebook is asked for data or information about specific individuals, we carefully scrutinize any such request for compliance with all applicable laws, and provide information only to the extent required by law.”
“Google cares deeply about the security of our users’ data. We disclose user data to government in accordance with the law, and we review all such requests carefully. From time to time, people allege that we have created a government ‘back door’ into our systems, but Google does not have a backdoor for the government to access private user data.”
Apple
“We have never heard of PRISM. We do not provide any government agency with direct access to our servers, and any government agency requesting customer data must get a court order.”
Microsoft
“We provide customer data only when we receive a legally binding order or subpoena to do so, and never on a voluntary basis. In addition we only ever comply with orders for requests about specific accounts or identifiers. If the government has a broader voluntary national security program to gather customer data we don’t participate in it.”
Yahoo
“Yahoo! takes users’ privacy very seriously. We do not provide the government with direct access to our servers, systems, or network.”
Dropbox
“We’ve seen reports that Dropbox might be asked to participate in a government program called PRISM. We are not part of any such program and remain committed to protecting our users’ privacy.”
Paltalk
“We have not heard of PRISM. Paltalk exercises extreme care to protect and secure users’ data, only responding to court orders as required to by law. Paltalk does not provide any government agency with direct access to its servers.”
AOL
“We do not have any knowledge of the Prism program. We do not disclose user information to government agencies without a court order, subpoena or formal legal process, nor do we provide any government agency with access to our servers.”
參考來源:http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/06/google-facebook-apple-deny-participation-in-nsa-prism-program/