Topic: SECURITY - on August 10, 2013 at 3:17:00 PM CEST
Don’t worry, NSA says—we only “touch” 1.6% of daily global Internet traffic
On the same day that President Barack Obama spoke to the press about possible surveillance reforms—and released a related white paper on the subject—the National Security Agency came out with its own rare, publicly-released, seven-page document (PDF), essentially justifying its own practices.
The entire document is dated August 9, 2013, and has no attributable names or contact details on it. Its most striking portion?
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 10, 2013 at 3:00:00 PM CEST
Building a panopticon: The evolution of the NSA’s XKeyscore
The National Security Agency's (NSA) apparatus for spying on what passes over the Internet, phone lines, and airways has long been the stuff of legend, with the public catching only brief glimpses into its Leviathan nature. Thanks to the documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, we now have a much bigger picture.
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