Google and Dropbox Launch Open Source Security Initiative

  • 19 September 2014
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By Jef Cozza / NewsFactor Network SEPTEMBER 19 2014
 
In an effort to make open source security tools more user friendly, Google and Dropbox announced Thursday that they have teamed up with the Open Technology Fund to form “Simply Secure." The goal of the new non-profit organization is to “help craft usably secure technologies and make them available for everyone.”
This is the second time this week a major technology company has launched an open source initiative. On Monday, Facebook announced its new TODO initiative, which is focused on developing best practices and tools to support open source development between companies. Google and Dropbox are also participating in the TODO collaboration.
The companies said the importance of providing easy-to-use secure tools has become increasingly important following revelations by Edward Snowden that the NSA, GCHQ, Unit 2800 and other spy agencies penetrated numerous technology organizations and collected personal data from millions of people.
 
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