Ars Technica has a lengthy article, The top 5 things we’ve learned about the NSA thanks to Edward Snowden. In brief...
What we’ve learned:
- American telcos are compelled to routinely hand over metadata to the government
- Digital surveillance programs capture vast amounts of data: PRISM and XKeyscore
- US companies have done little to resist government pressure
- NSA's sister organization, GCHQ, does what the NSA can’t
- NSA analysts even used capabilities to spy on their exes
What has happened since:
- As a way to prevent future leaks, the NSA fired nearly all its sysadmins
- Privacy-minded e-mail providers shut themselves down under pressure
- The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) opened up and published docket and opinions
- Patriot Act author said that NSA’s interpretation is overbroad
- Congressional reforms introduced, remain slow-moving
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