The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, revealed in a publication in the popular social network on Thursday that he telephoned the US president, Barack Obama, to express his concern and annoyance about electronic surveillance.
Mark Zuckerberg made the statement shortly after the new revelation of The Intercept, ότι η NSA έχει χρησιμοποιήσει αυτοματοποιημένα συστήματα για τη διάδοση malicioussoftware on the Internet, which in some cases pretended to be Facebook servers to infect their targets' computers.
"As the world becomes more complex and governments are fighting everywhere, trust in the Internet is now more important than ever. The Internet is our common space. It helps us to interconnect. It spreads opportunities. It allows us to learn. He gives us a voice. Make us stronger and safer together. "
"To keep the Internet strong, we need to keep it safe. That's why we spend a lot of energy on Facebook making our services and the Internet as a whole more secure. We encrypt communications, use secure traffic protocols, encourage users to use multiple authentication methods, and try to help solve problems we find in other services. "
"The Internet works because most people and companies do the same. We work together to create this safe environment and make our common space even better for the world. "
"That's why I was confused and annoyed by the repeated reports about the behavior of the US government. When our engineers are constantly working to improve security, we imagine we protect you from criminals, not our own government. "
"The US government should be a proponent of the Internet, not a threat. They have to be more transparent for what they do, or the world will believe the worst. "
"I called President Barack Obama to express my exasperation with her damage that the government is causing in our future. Unfortunately, it looks like it will take a long time for full and true reform."
"So it's up to us - all of us - to build the Internet we want," said Mark Zuckerberg, committed to creating a "space that will be a more important part of the world than anything we have today" but is safe at the same time.
The NSA has described malware assertions for inaccurate tracking.
White House spokesman Kettlin Hayden confirmed that the president spoke with Mark Zuckerberg about "recent reports in the press about rumored US intelligence activities."
