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Siôn Geschwindt @ The Next Web 3 place · 02/27/2025 06:32 EDT

Apple, Google, Meta are sharing more data with the US government than ever, Proton finds

Most of us share and store huge amounts of personal data online, from our names and addresses to photos of our loved ones. In many ways, firms like Apple, Google, and Meta are the gatekeepers of this sensitive information. But what happens when the authorities come knocking? It appears that Silicon Valley often rolls over and complies.  Over the last 10 years, Apple, Google, and Meta have handed over data on 3.1 million accounts to the US government, according to a new report by Swiss software company Proto

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