Best analysis/speculation (& explanation) I've heard of the #NSA #PRISM scandal.
Best analysis/speculation (& explanation) I've heard of the #NSA #PRISM scandal.
LONG video but worth a watch.
Start watching at 23mins
Caters for what's been revealed/claimed in the leeks AND the statements form the big tech companies (i.e. no "direct access" into servers).
Essentially:
- Spooks wiretap major networks "upstream" of the big tech companies
- Splitting the fibre... hence PRISM!!!
- spooks grab EVERYTHING
- spooks can then retrospectively reassemble (BIG DATA problem) messages they are interested in
- NSA have a BIG datacenter with lots of boys toys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center
- once they have a "case" they can then request appropriate warrant/legitimate access to the tech corps data
- tech corps then service those requests (as they have explained they do and are compelled by US law to do)
Refers back to 2006 story regarding NSA wiretapping of ATT networks (secret room in ATT networking facility).
See (pdf) https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/att/presskit/ATT_onepager.pdf
So... it's only an unproven theory... but it's a good one.
http://youtu.be/fX8CSMPiTs4?t=23m
LONG video but worth a watch.
Start watching at 23mins
Caters for what's been revealed/claimed in the leeks AND the statements form the big tech companies (i.e. no "direct access" into servers).
Essentially:
- Spooks wiretap major networks "upstream" of the big tech companies
- Splitting the fibre... hence PRISM!!!
- spooks grab EVERYTHING
- spooks can then retrospectively reassemble (BIG DATA problem) messages they are interested in
- NSA have a BIG datacenter with lots of boys toys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center
- once they have a "case" they can then request appropriate warrant/legitimate access to the tech corps data
- tech corps then service those requests (as they have explained they do and are compelled by US law to do)
Refers back to 2006 story regarding NSA wiretapping of ATT networks (secret room in ATT networking facility).
See (pdf) https://www.eff.org/files/filenode/att/presskit/ATT_onepager.pdf
So... it's only an unproven theory... but it's a good one.
http://youtu.be/fX8CSMPiTs4?t=23m
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