--- title: Big Tech, Big Exposure: Data from Over 3.5 Million... description: Research from Proton reveals that Google, Apple, and Meta have collectively handed over data from more than 3.5 million user accounts to US authorities over... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/big-tech-big-exposure-data-from-over-3-5-million-accounts-handed-to-us-authorities-fbve2mv1a twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Big Tech, Big Exposure: Data from Over 3.5 Million Accounts Handed to US Authorities | daily.dev og:description: Research from Proton reveals that Google, Apple, and Meta have collectively handed over data from more than 3.5 million user accounts to US authorities over... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/big-tech-big-exposure-data-from-over-3-5-million-accounts-handed-to-us-authorities-fbve2mv1a og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fbVE2Mv1A.png og:image:alt: Big Tech, Big Exposure: Data from Over 3.5 Million Accounts Handed to US Authorities og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Big Tech, Big Exposure: Data from Over 3.5 Million Accounts Handed to US Authorities **[IT Security Guru](https://daily.dev/sources/itsecurityguru)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Research from Proton reveals that Google, Apple, and Meta have collectively handed over data from more than 3.5 million user accounts to US authorities over the past decade, a 770% increase since transparency reporting began. Including FISA requests, the total reaches approximately 6.9 million accounts. European government requests also rose ~40% year-on-year. Proton's COO highlights that the core problem is centralized, unencrypted data stores that can be decrypted on demand. The FBI was also confirmed to be purchasing commercial location data without warrants. Proton advocates end-to-end encryption by default as the only reliable protection against mass government data access. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Your data is everywhere. 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