And back in 2007, Yahoo went to court to challenge a government surveillance program in order to protect its users’ privacy. Without apparent protest, according to news reports, it built a mechanism that allowed the National Security Agency and the FBI to scan all of its users’ incoming emails for specific characters or words. She has led the tech company since 2012. Not every tech company has been so docile. Robert Litt, top lawyer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, suggested in a Yale Law Journal article in April how national security officials might see it.

Source: Washington Post October 05, 2016 19:36 UTC