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Exactly, AFAIR it's always been sorta known that US intelligence agencies can spy on non-US citizen data held on US servers without a warrent. The PRISM lark is
by rmc 13y ago
Exactly, AFAIR it's always been sorta known that US intelligence agencies can spy on non-US citizen data held on US servers without a warrent. The PRISM lark is mostly big because it's spying on US citizens.
- stygianguest 13y agoIt is big for that reason in the US. The rest of the world is shocked by the, now undeniable, extend of the spying. Everybody will think thrice before storing their data in the US. Especially since Obama has made it more than clear that the rule of law does not apply to foreigners.
- mpyne 13y agoEven PRISM turned out to not be spying on U.S. citizens though. The NSL or FISA warrant required demonstrating that the target was more likely than not to be a foreigner. Verizon metadata is different perhaps, as is the idea of 641A-style mass interception of communications. But PRISM itself automated FISA compliance, it didn't actually create more NSA powers than existed before it.