It seems that big tech companies are starting to step up the fight against the NSA. AOL , Apple , Facebook , Google , LinkedIn , Microsoft , Twitter , and Yahoo are teaming up to form the “ Reform Government Surveillance ” coalition , and it seems that they have now decided to take action.
The new coalition hired the Monument Policy to handle their efforts to put an end to mass surveillance, given that all the media reporting on the issue does not bode well for their companies' credibility.
Companies have called for reform of the oversight policy, and while the US government has agreed to take some action, ultimately, the changes have been superficial.
According to statements made by Barack Obama recently, the data collection program will continue, but there will be two fundamental changes – the NSA will no longer hold the data, and the agency will need court orders to access any of the files.
As many have pointed out, the reforms won't change much, since the FISA court will be the one issuing the court orders. Considering that FISA hasn't denied a single NSA request in years, it's easy to see why the reforms won't be effective.
From iGuRu.gr we continue to view the above events with disbelief, as the big technology companies could very well have made the above moves for reasons of impressing. It is known that all of the above companies collect their users' data for many and various reasons. Their hypocritical move may well be aimed at restructuring their image, which had been wrinkled with the Snowden revelations.
