NEW YORK: Yahoo’s reported willingness to search user email to assist US government investigators has revived concerns about court-approved surveillance programs that companies aren’t allowed to disclose to the people using their services. Copies of any incoming email containing the signature were stored in Yahoo’s system and made available to the FBI. The Times quoted an unnamed government official, following up an earlier Reuters story that had revealed Yahoo’s email scanning activity without specifying what kind of information the government sought. Google and Microsoft have issued statements disavowing any involvement in a government-ordered surveillance program similar to Yahoo’s. That attack is believed to be the biggest digital break-in ever suffered by an email provider.

Source: New Strait Times October 06, 2016 00:11 UTC