The Guardian has released more information about a program that appears to let the NSA access almost any part of a web user's digital life. A set of 2010 training documents discuss a program called XKeyscore, which acts as a central interface for email, Facebook chat, web browsing history, and more. According to The Guardian, XKeyscore is available not only to members of the NSA but to outside analysts like Edward Snowden, who worked as a contractor for Booz Allen before his flight to Hong Kong, and its vast database allows users to find people by email address, name, phone number, type of browser, language used, IP address, or specific keywords. Metadata is apparently used to narrow searches, but actual content like email text is also...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4574532/xkeyscore-data-tracking-program-detailed-in-documents
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