They join Liberty, Privacy International and Big Brother Watch, who have also each brought separate actions relating to surveillance concerns.
Parallel negotiations on security and surveillance concerns started Monday as well, covering "data protection and privacy rights of E.U. citizens," European officials said in a statement.
Having joined Liberty the day before the 11 September 2001 attacks, her departure comes as counter-terrorism legislation, surveillance concerns and privacy issues continue to rise up the political agenda.
Particularly allegations about US government surveillance concerning European partners and allies.
In February, top officials at the FBI, CIA and NSA all warned against buying product from both companies over remote surveillance concerns and later ending their sale at military bases.
Earlier this week, half a dozen top members of intelligence agencies, including the FBI, CIA and NSA reaffirmed surveillance concerns about the company and fellow Chinese smartphone maker ZTE.
Secret.li's founders say the app is also a way for them to test the market for "privacy centered applications" — a timely test, given the government spying web surveillance concerns du jour — noting they have "a roadmap of rich features" that might be implemented in future.
And given that Wikipedia is a free resource, written and edited by its users, the argument here is that surveillance concerns might deter readers and editors from "participating" in its project — and therefore jeopardize "the health of Wikipedia as a resource to the world".
Post national security reporter Dana Priest spoke of putting less correspondence with sources in writing, given surveillance concerns.
The European Commission is maintaining that surveillance concerns will have no impact on the trade talks; those issues will be discussed instead, it says, in simultaneous negotiations with the U.S. Department of Justice.
