The question is, how much data NSA accesses in a single request. The official rules have changed but the "two hop" rule permits the agency to recover metadata f

The question is, how much data NSA accesses in a single request. The official rules have changed but the "two hop" rule permits the agency to recover metadata from about 25,000 phones with a single request, according to 2016 Stanford study. https://spectrum.ieee.org/nsa-can-legally-access-metadata-of-25000-callers-based-on-a-single-suspects-phone-analysis-suggests https://spectrum.ieee.org/nsa-can-legally-access-metadata-of... In addidition to the official request NSA infiltrated links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-infiltrates-links-to-yahoo-google-data-centers-worldwide-snowden-documents-say/2013/10/30/e51d661e-4166-11e3-8b74-d89d714ca4dd_story.html?Post+generic=%3Ftid%3Dsm_twitter_washingtonpost http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-in... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6641378 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6641378