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US Mining Data Directly From 9 Silicon Valley Companies

Rick Zeman writes "Hot on the heels of Verizon's massive data dump to NSA comes news of 'PRISM' where The National Security Agency and the FBI are tapping directly into the central servers of nine leading U.S. Internet companies, extracting audio, video, photographs, e-mails, documents and connection logs that enable analysts to track a person's movements and contacts over time. This program, established in 2007, includes major companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook...and more."

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  1. FLAG: Suspicious Activity by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 4, Funny

    tag: "bomb" in user name.

    tag: threatening antisocial activities.

    ELEVATE WATCH STATUS

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    This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
  2. Re:I'm Okay With It by dyfet · · Score: 4, Funny

    My life and my family's lives are more important than whatever privacy I had on these sites.

    ...says the anonymous coward? Am I missing some Soviet Russia joke here?

    Just to please you... In NSA America social networks join you!

  3. Re:I'm Okay With It by howardd21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hopefully these disclosures will remind everyone that the reason we have a national security apparatus is to protect our liberty.

    Best comment here...by far.

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  4. Backup by ISoldat53 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I accidentally deleted an email. Do you think I can get it from the NSA?