Cybersecurity
Boston Attack Boosts Pressure on Google to Twitter to Aid Police
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Google Inc., Twitter Inc. and even Silicon Valley startups are confronting calls by law enforcement following the Boston Marathon bombings to make their products more easily used for surveillance.
Police and federal agencies made record levels of requests for data from companies including Google and Twitter in months before the bombing, seeing increasing value in smartphone data, e-mails and online chats to help find and prevent terrorist plots and crime.