Google – AFP, 14 October 2013
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Brazilian
President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia on October 8, 2013 (AFP/File,
Evaristo Sa)
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Brasilia —
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced Sunday that her government was
creating a secure email system to try and shield official communications from
spying by the United States and other countries.
"We
need more security on our messages to prevent possible espionage,"
Rousseff said on Twitter, ordering the Federal Data Processing Service, or
SERPRO, to implement a safe email system throughout the federal government.
The agency,
which falls under Brazil's Finance Ministry, develops secure systems for online
tax returns and also creates new passports.
The move
came after Rousseff publicly condemned spying against Brazilian government
agencies attributed to the United States and Canada.
"This
is the first step toward extending the privacy and inviolability of official
posts," Rousseff said.
After
bringing her complaints against US intelligence agencies to the United Nations
General Assembly last month and canceling a state visit to Washington, Rousseff
announced that the country will host an international conference on Internet
governance in April.
In recent
months, Brazilian media outlets have published documents showing that the US
National Security Agency's spied on Rousseff's official communications, her
close associates and state-controlled oil giant Petrobras.
The
information was revealed by Edward Snowden, a 30-year-old former NSA contractor
who has sought refuge in Russia and is wanted by the United States after
revealing details of the agency's massive snooping activities.
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