Please sign and share this petition to demand that the National Security Agency stop installing spyware on new computers.
It has recently been noted that the National Security Agency (NSA) has Tailored Access Operations and has been diverting desktops and laptops shipped to U.S. consumers and installing spyware on them. The process involves intercepting packages on their way from manufacturers like Dell, Cisco, and Seagate, and installing bugs or spyware on them at a “secret workshop.” Afterwards, the packages are then processed into the delivery pipeline on their way to their original destination. All along, the consumer has no idea that the machine they are receiving was compromised in this manner.
A senior officer of the company in question states that he is “deeply concerned with anything that may impact the integrity of our products or our customers’ networks and that nothing is done with any government to weaken our products for exploitation.” Unlike most NSA operations, which rely on remote access to targeted computers and networks, the TAO’s programs offer unprecedented physical access.
There is no viable reason why these new computers have spyware installed; it is invasive, inappropriate and unwarranted. Please sign and share this petition to demand that the National Security Agency stop installing spyware on new computers.
