NSA Surveillance Debate

Discussions center on NSA's access to user data from tech companies like Google, referencing Snowden leaks, PRISM, Tempora, and debates over legality, warrants, and government spying programs.

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crazy_monkey Oct 18, 2018 View on HN

Great, can NSA download my data too now?

cmdrfred Dec 28, 2016 View on HN

The NSA may be a different story.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempora

higfujk Mar 22, 2019 View on HN

Google reports straight to NSA cia anyways all messages. Do people listening at all what Snowden revealed ?

cromwellian Jun 9, 2013 View on HN

But what exactly has been "confirmed"? There are no details. What is being alleged is broad, unrestricted access by the NSA to all user account data, not specific targeted individuals. While the Verizon metadata case is disconcerting, there is legal precedent for pen register/trap-and-trace going back decades. It's on shaky legal footing, but not obscenely illegal.On the other hand, blanket access to the email contents of every American on domestic soil, for the NSA to jus

andrewcooke Jun 13, 2013 View on HN

which guardian article is being discussed? because if you look at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-n... they are absolutely correct in what they report. everything is qualified with "the documents say...", etc.

beeboobaa3 Oct 17, 2024 View on HN

nsa is storing everything

imglorp Mar 25, 2016 View on HN

Yes, because the public allows it.https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/timeline

onetimemanytime Jul 26, 2019 View on HN

Odds are that NSA already has them, but this makes it legal.

hulitu Apr 16, 2024 View on HN

NSA already has the data. /s

eli Apr 15, 2017 View on HN

The NSA can't just request information about Americans