At least so the testimony of three former Yahoo employees and the people who claim to be directly involved in the spy action, as reported by Reuters and collected BojezCreative, Wednesday (10/05/2016).
According to the "prompter", Yahoo undertakes US government request to scan hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail account in order to help the NSA investigation.
There are some keywords that are installed. When a particular e-mail it to embed keywords, Yahoo will monitor the conversation between the sender and the recipient in real-time and submit it to the state security institutions.
Not disclosed more detail what are the keywords that are installed. According to sources, Yahoo software can identify the keywords in the body of e-mail or as a file attachment.
In response, a spokesman for Yahoo declined to comment at length. Through an official statement, the company that had triumphed in the early 2000s that created a normative narrative.
"Yahoo is a company that comply with the United States," as stated in the official statement.
How about another internet company?
Some observers predict, the NSA and the FBI did not just ask for Yahoo as an extension of the hand. Judging from the penetration of users, Yahoo clearly lost to Google.
Supposedly, Google could be spies more accurate. Likewise, Facebook, Microsoft and other technology companies are still large user base.
Google and Microsoft spoke about the allegation. According to a spokesman for Google, it was never offered the government to be a spy.
"If we were asked, the response we of course 'no'," he said.
Representatives of Microsoft, agrees alliance. "We never engage in spying mail flow as reported associated with Yahoo," he said.
Split in Yahoo
Practice spy controversy Yahoo is said to gain executive level. Some people are disappointed with the decision called Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer, to comply with government instructions.
One of the most disappointed is the former Chief Information Security Officer, Alex Stamos. In accordance division, Stamos indeed should ensure safety for users of Yahoo services.
Last year, just as the spy software Yahoo reportedly built, Stamos leave the company he has raised his name.
According to inside sources, it constituted a disappointment Stamos against Yahoo. He moved to Facebook as an executive in the security division. However, in her letter of resignation published last year, Stamos did not mention any problems with Yahoo.
Until now, there has been no official confirmation from the US government about the information of a "whisperer" who crowded on the internet.
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