TangledHyphae@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoUS govt pays AT and T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrantwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1235cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnology@lemmit.online
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minus-squareRapidcreeklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoWay too much data to record from everyone. Target numbers supported with subpoena can be recorded by the legal agency sure. But, the operating companies don’t do it. Too expensive.
minus-squareAngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoThey run parallel lines that feed into the NSA who record it. Snowden talked about this. We even know the building it happens in
minus-squareRapidcreeklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoThe NSA is looking for patterns not recording everything. They do look for keywords, which might in turn justify recording. And I wouldn’t take Snowden’s word for anything.
Way too much data to record from everyone. Target numbers supported with subpoena can be recorded by the legal agency sure. But, the operating companies don’t do it. Too expensive.
They run parallel lines that feed into the NSA who record it. Snowden talked about this. We even know the building it happens in
The NSA is looking for patterns not recording everything. They do look for keywords, which might in turn justify recording.
And I wouldn’t take Snowden’s word for anything.