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June 18, 2013

Apple Admits Receiving Thousands of Requests for User Data 
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Apple has become the latest tech company to admit receiving a flood of
requests for user data from U.S. law enforcement under the top-secret
PRISM program revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. On Monday,
Apple said during a six-month period ending in May, it received as many
as 5,000 requests from local, state and federal agencies involving as
many 10,000 user accounts. Facebook and Microsoft have also admitted
receiving thousands of requests for user data.

 

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