Tuesday, 18. June 2013

Topic: SECURITY - on June 18, 2013 at 1:55:00 PM CEST

PRISM, Edward Snowden, Big Brother & More Stuff We Already Knew

So there’s been 100s of articles posted about PRISM, which also now has a lengthy Wikipedia article – PRISM (surveillance program). Apparently PRISM (2007-present) is the program that replaces the previous (2001-2007) NSA warrantless surveillance program.

So the US government has been watching everyone, no shit (Nineteen Eighty-Four?).

PRISM is a clandestine national security electronic surveillance program operated by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) since 2007. PRISM is a government codename for a data collection effort known officially as US-984XN. It is operated under the supervision of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).</p>

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