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PRISM was a web portal that the NSA used to serve NSLs, FISA court orders, and other requests for information to tech firms. It wasn't an all-seeing eye of Sau
by vkou 4y ago
PRISM was a web portal that the NSA used to serve NSLs, FISA court orders, and other requests for information to tech firms.
It wasn't an all-seeing eye of Sauron that had full access to their backends.
- colordrops 4y agoYour characterization is not accurate. Please reference the government slides themselves: https://nsa.gov1.info/dni/prism.html https://nsa.gov1.info/dni/prism.html
- vkou 4y agoNothing in those slides contradicts me. The PRISM vs Upstream slide makes it very clear that PRISM requests are done through the front door, because PRISM-to-vendor communication is 'laundered' through the FBI.