What is Prism?

[mia]

http://gizmodo.com/what-is-prism-511875267

...The news of PRISM broke soon after a separate report, about the NSA's having access to Verizon customer—and, according to an NBC report, everyone else's—phone logs. Surprisingly enough, this is a totally different program! And PRISM makes the Verizon thing look like an ACLU company picnic by comparison.

When the NSA monitors phone records, it reportedly only collects the metadata therein. That includes to and from whom the calls were made, where the calls came from, and other generalized info. Importantly, as far as we know, the actual content of the calls was off-limits.

By contrast, PRISM apparently allows full access not just to the fact that an email or chat was sent, but also the contents of those emails and chats. According to the Washington Post's source, they can "literally watch you as you type." They could be doing it right now....

[kentuck]

1. Another link:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/prism-collection-documents/

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. What is PRISM?

The lunatics are in my hall.
The lunatics are in my hall.
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor.
And every day the paper-boy brings more.

[1-Old-Man]

3. Great picture - something that takes in a broadband and breaks it into individual pieces.

so that each individual component can receive greater scrutiny.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. When art becomes prophecy. nt

[Shade7M]

5. "They could be doing it right now.... " Oh...? In that case...

Here's something for their records...

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