A new report reveals that in the past decade, Apple, Google, and Meta have provided data on over 3.1 million accounts to the US government, with user data requests increasing by an average of 600%. With compliance rates ranging from 80-90%, these tech giants have become inadvertent conduits for government surveillance. This surge of data sharing began in 2014, with Meta showing the most significant increase. Privacy advocates express concerns about the lack of widespread end-to-end encryption, which could protect user data from potential government overreach.
All that's required for the government to find out just about everything it could ever need is a request message to Big Tech in California, and as long as Big Tech refuses to implement widespread end-to-end encryption, these massive, private data reserves will remain open to abuse.
Over the last 10 years, Apple, Google, and Meta have handed over data on 3.1 million accounts to the US government, with requests skyrocketing by an average of 600%.
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