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The NSA isn't spying on you

by kn9 on 8/9/15, 1:34 AM with 4 comments

  • by greenyoda on 8/9/15, 1:44 AM

    Actual title of article:

    "XKEYSCORE: NSA's Google for the World's Private Communications"

    Summary:

    "One of the National Security Agency’s most powerful tools of mass surveillance makes tracking someone’s Internet usage as easy as entering an email address, and provides no built-in technology to prevent abuse. Today, The Intercept is publishing 48 top-secret and other classified documents about XKEYSCORE dated up to 2013, which shed new light on the breadth, depth and functionality of this critical spy system — one of the largest releases yet of documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden."

  • by electic on 8/9/15, 3:19 AM

    The title needs to be updated. The article goes into great detail on how the NSA is spying on you and that there are little or no checks to this power.

  • by based2 on 8/9/15, 10:22 AM

  • by klalle on 8/9/15, 8:24 AM

    well played, NSA!