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US Top Secret PRISM Program Now Exposed
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NS A PRIS M
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Date: June 07, 2013 02:55PM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data
The program facilitates extensive, in-depth surveillance on live communications and stored information. The law allows for the targeting of any customers of participating firms who live outside the US, or those Americans whose communications include people outside the US.
It also opens the possibility of communications made entirely within the US being collected without warrants.
Disclosure of the PRISM program follows a leak to the Guardian on Wednesday of a top-secret court order compelling telecoms provider Verizon to turn over the telephone records of millions of US customers.
The participation of the internet companies in PRISM will add to the debate, ignited by the Verizon revelation, about the scale of surveillance by the intelligence services. Unlike the collection of those call records, this surveillance can include the content of communications and not just the metadata.
Some of the world's largest internet brands are claimed to be part of the information-sharing program since its introduction in 2007. Microsoft – which is currently running an advertising campaign with the slogan "Your privacy is our priority" – was the first, with collection beginning in December 2007.
It was followed by Yahoo in 2008; Google, Facebook and PalTalk in 2009; YouTube in 2010; Skype and AOL in 2011; and finally Apple, which joined the program in 2012. The program is continuing to expand, with other providers due to come online.
Collectively, the companies cover the vast majority of online email, search, video and communications networks.
The program facilitates extensive, in-depth surveillance on live communications and stored information. The law allows for the targeting of any customers of participating firms who live outside the US, or those Americans whose communications include people outside the US.
It also opens the possibility of communications made entirely within the US being collected without warrants.
Disclosure of the PRISM program follows a leak to the Guardian on Wednesday of a top-secret court order compelling telecoms provider Verizon to turn over the telephone records of millions of US customers.
The participation of the internet companies in PRISM will add to the debate, ignited by the Verizon revelation, about the scale of surveillance by the intelligence services. Unlike the collection of those call records, this surveillance can include the content of communications and not just the metadata.
Some of the world's largest internet brands are claimed to be part of the information-sharing program since its introduction in 2007. Microsoft – which is currently running an advertising campaign with the slogan "Your privacy is our priority" – was the first, with collection beginning in December 2007.
It was followed by Yahoo in 2008; Google, Facebook and PalTalk in 2009; YouTube in 2010; Skype and AOL in 2011; and finally Apple, which joined the program in 2012. The program is continuing to expand, with other providers due to come online.
Collectively, the companies cover the vast majority of online email, search, video and communications networks.
Re: US Top Secret PRISM Program Now Exposed
Posted by:
data
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Date: June 07, 2013 04:22PM
PRISM is supplying data to foreign governments also.
Re: US Top Secret PRISM Program Now Exposed
Posted by:
Hillbuzz
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Date: June 07, 2013 04:23PM
What difference does it make?!
Re: US Top Secret PRISM Program Now Exposed
Posted by:
Buzzhill
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Date: June 07, 2013 06:30PM
If this administration didn't have a track record of using government agencies and information that it gathers to attack political enemies (IRS, EPA, OSHA, SEC, etc) rather than attacking terrorists (i.e. Boston bombers), I wouldn't be that concerned. But they've been caught so many times lying to congress and lying to the American people, I simply don't trust them anymore to do what's right by us, the people who put them into office.
Re: US Top Secret PRISM Program Now Exposed
Posted by:
ex-Lester
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Date: June 07, 2013 06:36PM
Also, has a track record of letting private entities tell federal law enforcement who to go after and how as evidenced by the large banks amd DHS.