Most of us may be a little squeamish and leery about Internet security – especially now that it has been in the news. Every time we send our credit card numbers via the Internet, we’re at risk.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, recently phoned President Obama to declare his frustration over the “damage” the government has done to Internet security.
Zuckerberg posted on Facebook that he’s been “confused and frustrated” by repeated reports of government intrusions into private online communications. “When our engineers work tirelessly to improve security, we imagine we’re protecting you against criminals, not our own government,” he wrote.
The message came a day after a report from the publication The Intercept, claimed that the National Security Agency (NSA) made up a fake Facebook server in order to infect targets’ with malware.
Zuckerberg said the U.S. government, “should be the champion for the Internet, not a threat,” and stated, “I’ve called President Obama to express my frustration over the damage the government is creating for all of our future. Unfortunately, it seems like it will take a very long time for true full reform.”
Other large tech companies have also complained about what they cannot disclose to customers regarding the NSA’s requests for their data, which the U.S. claims it needs for counter-terrorism and other investigations.
Time will tell how all of this will flesh out.