Tuesday, May 03, 2011

WikiLeaks' Assange Calls Facebook 'Most Appalling Spying Machine Ever'

WikiLeaks' Assange Calls Facebook 'Most Appalling Spying Machine Ever'
PC Magazine ^ | May 2, 2011 | Leslie Horn

Posted on Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:48:05 AM by decimon

WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange has made a lot of enemies, and you can now add Facebook to that list.

In a recent interview with Russia Today, Assange said "Facebook in particular is the most appalling spying machine that has ever been invented."
"Here we have the world's most comprehensive database about people, their relationships, their names, their addresses, their locations, their communications with each other, their relatives, all sitting within the United States, all accessible to U.S. intelligence," the whistle-blowing site's editor continued.


Assange asserted that he believes many major U.S.-based tech companies are actively helping the government spy on people.

"Facebook, Google, Yahoo, all these major U.S. organizations have built-in interfaces for U.S. intelligence," Assange said. "It's not a matter of serving a subpoena. They have an interface that they have developed for us intelligence to use.

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