What we've seen of the slides seems to indicate that the PRISM name refers specifically to the "direct collection" from cloud-data firms (using FAA70* directive

What we've seen of the slides seems to indicate that the PRISM name refers specifically to the "direct collection" from cloud-data firms (using FAA70* directives), as distinct from the "upstream collection" from the network. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5887627 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5887627