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EU-USA: DATA SURVEILLANCE: XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'

01 August 2013

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See the article: XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' (Guardian, link)

  • XKeyscore gives 'widest-reaching' collection of online data
  • NSA analysts require no prior authorization for searches
  • Sweeps up emails, social media activity and browsing history

    See also: XKeyscore presentation (pdf) "Top Secret" and addressed to the countries in the 1946 UKUSA agreement - USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and UK

    and: NSA Chief Heckled At BlackHat As Agency Defends XKeyscore: Alexander fends off attacks from BlackHat audience member (Techweek Europe, link)

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