If you’re running a tech company, Christopher Soghoian has a helpful reminder for you:
This Yahoo/NSA scandal is another reminder to Silicon Valley. When the spying finally leaks, the US gov will leave you hanging in the wind.
— Christopher Soghoian (@csoghoian) October 5, 2016
I’d just add that you can be sure that it will leak eventually and your company will take the hit. The government will continue as before hardly noticing the bump as it runs you over.
If you’re a Yahoo user, Edward Snowden has some useful advice for you:
Use @Yahoo? They secretly scanned everything you ever wrote, far beyond what law requires. Close your account today. https://t.co/dJrJUyyxk6
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) October 4, 2016
Just as you should have stopped using Microsoft products when it became clear they couldn’t be trusted, you should dump Yahoo immediately. If you want an idea of how badly Yahoo betrayed your trust, take a look at this Ars Technica article. Say what you will about Google and Apple, both said they would have unequivocally refused such a request. Here’s Apple’s statement:
By comparison, here's Apple's statement from spokesman Fred Sainz re #Yahoo. https://t.co/yDQzgo9jCc pic.twitter.com/XGx5ULaBzh
— Cyrus Farivar (@cfarivar) October 5, 2016