Apple’s Tim Cook, tech executives meet with Barack Obama to talk surveillance
Source: Politico
President Barack Obama hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, Google computer scientist Vint Cerf and other tech executives and civil liberties leaders on Thursday for a closed-door meeting about government surveillance, sources tell POLITICO.
The session, which Obama attended himself, followed a similar gathering earlier this week between top administration officials, tech-industry lobbyists and leading privacy hawks, the sources said. Those earlier, off-the-record discussions centered on the controversy surrounding the NSA as well as commercial privacy issues such as online tracking of consumers.
The White House has declined to provide any details about its new outreach since the beginning of the week. A spokesman didnt comment Thursday about the high-level meeting with the president and the companies and groups invited also kept quiet when contacted by POLITICO.
Obama has promised more public debate about the countrys counterterrorism policies and privacy safeguards amid a deluge of criticism about the NSAs controversial surveillance programs. As the steady stream of revelations continues, however, the White House has chosen to meet quietly with tech executives and consumer groups behind closed doors.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/tim-cook-barack-obama-technology-95362.html
I'll bet they gave him an earful. Apple was last to be forced into PRISM, years after other tech companies joined, according to the PRISM documents. Steve Jobs held them off until his last days.
DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)OK. How much are you betting?
onehandle
(51,122 posts)That's likely the reason for the meeting.
DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)were they on their hand and knees "begging"
onehandle
(51,122 posts)I'm not your search engine. Goodbye.
http://blogs.computerworld.com/cyberwarfare/22503/apple-google-microsoft-and-more-demand-transparency-post-prism
http://venturebeat.com/2013/07/17/apple-facebook-google-linkedin-microsoft-and-more-ask-president-obama-for-more-prism-transparency/
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2283517/apple-yahoo-google-microsoft-and-facebook-want-prism-transparency
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2283504/prism-microsoft-apple-google-write-to-obama-and-nsa-demanding-data-transparency
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/18/facebook-apple-nsa-transparency_n_3617251.html
bitchkitty
(7,349 posts)excerpt of the article and a link. You focus on his saying "I'll bet..."
What about the article? The OP is based on the article. Are you saying that Politico is lying? Are you saying that there was no meeting?
You seem to have forgotten that this is a discussion board, and that means you're going to get opinions that might differ from your own. That does not mean that these opinions are lies.
You're welcome.
DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)"willing to bet" and "begging"... why add opinion into a factual story.
former9thward
(31,997 posts)Possibly because it is a discussion board.....
DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)I prefer living in a factual world.
bitchkitty
(7,349 posts)He said "I'll bet..." which is hardly as if he's trying to pull the wool over your eyes.
Maybe you don't know what discussion means?
dis·cus·sion
/disˈkəSHən/
Noun
The action or process of talking about something, typically in order to reach a decision or to exchange ideas.
A conversation or debate about a certain topic.
Again, you're welcome.
DontTreadOnMe
(2,442 posts)It's not really a big deal... why are you just trying to argue with me for the sake of arguing?
re: "All of the major tech companies have been begging for transparency about the program."
I think I see the word!
THERE IS ZERO EVIDENCE THAT THE MAJOR TECH COMPANIES WERE BEGGING FOR ANYTHING.
Want to have a meeting and "begging" are different... do you have a dictionary to explain to us all the difference?
Civilization2
(649 posts)There will be cost from the lies we were fed on this,..
PSPS
(13,594 posts)Gotta love all that "transparency." I guess we'll put this in the dog eared "hope and change" file.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)how Apple can make some money on this too.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)All of this should be public.
I have as much right to know what is going on in these meetings as 'top administration officials, tech-industry lobbyists and leading privacy hawks.'
TxGrandpa
(124 posts)"Obama has promised more public debate about the countrys counterterrorism policies and privacy safeguards amid a deluge of criticism about the NSAs controversial surveillance programs. As the steady stream of revelations continues, however, the White House has chosen to meet quietly with tech executives and consumer groups behind closed doors." ??????
Open and transparent?
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)You can rest easy knowing nothing bad can come from Obama's secret meetings.