<p>Ray Ozzie, the creator of Lotus Notes and Microsoft's former software head, joined the chorus of technical leaders pushing back on the government's far-reaching surveillance program.</p><p>"I hope that people wake up, truly wake up, to what's happening to society, from both a big brother perspective and little brother perspective," he said during the Nantucket Conference.</p><p>He said that, after Sept. 11, the pendulum had swung too far towards government surveillance and data gathering</p><p>"We got what we asked for, and now it's time to pull it back," Ozzie said, referencing the near-unanimous passage of the PATRIOT Act, noting the danger that broad data gathering operations present. "Imagine if you had an administration targeting journalists or groups of people based on political leanings."</p><p><a href="http://www.boston.com/business/innovation/blogs/inside-the-hive/2013/06/07/ray-ozzie-nsa-spying-got-what-asked-for-now-time-wake/42AqxBSvgu0X3xXGIx7WFK/blog.html">Keep reading...</a></p>