As snowwresteler says ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10297136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10297136 ) downthread: > Prism in general was mischa

As snowwresteler says ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10297136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10297136 ) downthread: > Prism in general was mischaracterized by the early reports. It was first reported as a persistent backdoor into servers, but it was actually just a way for NSA to automate requests for information through the FBI. This was detailed in later reports. > Edit: for those skeptical about my comment above, here is more detail from a discussion about a year ago: > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8333844 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8333844