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Aggregate number of requests is one thing, but perhaps some indication of how much content is provided with the average request would be required to really indi

by jka 13y ago

Aggregate number of requests is one thing, but perhaps some indication of how much content is provided with the average request would be required to really indicate what is going on here? An API may serve millions of requests per day and return single-integer responses, or it might serve one batch query per day and provide a nested document with many sub-sections.

powera 13y ago
From the article: "We therefore ask you to help make it possible for Google to publish in our Transparency Report aggregate numbers of national security requests, including FISA disclosures—in terms of both the number we receive and their scope"
- jka 13y ago
  Not sure how I missed that on the first read through - good to see though, reassuring as long as the scope descriptions are reasonably clear!
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rasterizer 13y ago
"millions of requests per day"?! the number of FISA requests since 1979 is just short of 34,000: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/fisa-court-nsa-spying-opinion-reject-request http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/fisa-court-nsa-spyin... Let's try and keep the speculation to a minimum.
- RobAtticus 13y ago
  Pretty sure he was just giving a generic example rather than specifically talking about this case.
- masterzora 13y ago
  It seems less like speculation and more an example of how raw number of requests doesn't mean a whole lot in and of itself.
- pyre 13y ago
  As others have stated, it's fairly apparent that the parent poster wasn't talking about actual numbers, and was painting an example where the number of requests is meaningless without the scope (i.e. does each request specify one individual, or 20 individuals?). That said, this includes NSLs (National Security Letters) which do not have to go through a court, and which I don't believe there are any published numbers for (either in number of NSLs or their scope).

by jka 13y ago

powera 13y ago

From the article: "We therefore ask you to help make it possible for Google to publish in our Transparency Report aggregate numbers of national security requests, including FISA disclosures—in terms of both the number we receive and their scope"

jka 13y ago
Not sure how I missed that on the first read through - good to see though, reassuring as long as the scope descriptions are reasonably clear!

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rasterizer 13y ago

"millions of requests per day"?! the number of FISA requests since 1979 is just short of 34,000: http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/fisa-court-nsa-spying-opinion-reject-request http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/06/fisa-court-nsa-spyin... Let's try and keep the speculation to a minimum.

RobAtticus 13y ago
Pretty sure he was just giving a generic example rather than specifically talking about this case.
masterzora 13y ago
It seems less like speculation and more an example of how raw number of requests doesn't mean a whole lot in and of itself.
pyre 13y ago
As others have stated, it's fairly apparent that the parent poster wasn't talking about actual numbers, and was painting an example where the number of requests is meaningless without the scope (i.e. does each request specify one individual, or 20 individuals?). That said, this includes NSLs (National Security Letters) which do not have to go through a court, and which I don't believe there are any published numbers for (either in number of NSLs or their scope).