[HN Gopher] Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans' records 'rou... ___________________________________________________________________ Microsoft exec: Targeting of Americans' records 'routine' Author : Doubleguitars Score : 28 points Date : 2021-06-30 22:02 UTC (58 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (www.seattletimes.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.seattletimes.com) | krylon wrote: | Are National Security Letters still a thing? Are the requests the | Microsoft executive mentions NSLs? | judge2020 wrote: | The headline is so non-descript that it makes it sound like the | Microsoft executive is shrugging this off, but the testimony says | otherwise: | | > Tom Burt, Microsoft's corporate vice president for customer | security and trust, told members of the House Judiciary Committee | that federal law enforcement in recent years has been presenting | the company with between 2,400 to 3,500 secrecy orders a year, or | about seven to 10 a day. | | > "Most shocking is just how routine secrecy orders have become | when law enforcement targets an American's email, text messages | or other sensitive data stored in the cloud," said Burt, | describing the widespread clandestine surveillance as a major | shift from historical norms. | [deleted] ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-06-30 23:00 UTC)