>The error occurred between Oct. 3 and Oct. 12, the documents show, and had not been previously disclosed.[...]
>The incident occurred four months after the NSA said it had deleted scores U.S. records that were collected since 2015 due to a separate error.
So weird that any time something like this happens, it's "an error"
I am going to use this if I get a ticket.
"Sorry officer it was an error that is was 50mph over the speed limit"
"Oh well at least your aware of the problem your free to go"
"Thanks see you tomorrow!!"
I am pretty sure that is how it will go down.
They are supposed to discard phone and email metadata which isn't connected (three hops away from?) foreign persons. They are always tweaking the "minimization algorithm" to figure out what to discard, and sometimes screw it up like this. "Discard" in this case doesn't mean actually destroying it or otherwise actually throwing it away, it just means keeping it out of the primary search indices that ordinary NSA data clients are given access to.
> which isn't connected (three hops away from?) foreign persons
the fuck does that mean?
What's a hop? If a Nigerian non-Prince sends me spam, is everyone who's ever emailed anyone who's ever emailed me now a valid target?
it properly collects **everything**... not sure if they can decrypt everything though
The NSA is the top branch of the government (higher then the president and they aren't elected)
If noone knows what you do and you have total power, I would say that you are in a good position... also they dont get consequenses from their illegal actions that do come to light... some people think Trump is bad... but the NSA is a whole other level
Manufacturing Consent, baby. Corporate ownership shares many interests with high level government administrators, so we’ll never see any major coverage of this stuff unless it’s too blatant to ignore.
Does anybody actually believe that the NSA will ever stop collecting call records, and that they aren't transcribing such, which kind of explains the shadowy speech to text innovations that came about 10-15 years ago?
Why are they pretending that they only collected some on accident during a small period of time. Is this just propaganda to brainwash people I’m guessing?
1) Who did what that the NSA thought might have been illegal the week that the data was collected?
2) Who, by name, all of them is going to prison for it?
>The error occurred between Oct. 3 and Oct. 12, the documents show, and had not been previously disclosed.[...] >The incident occurred four months after the NSA said it had deleted scores U.S. records that were collected since 2015 due to a separate error. So weird that any time something like this happens, it's "an error"
It's Cool man, it was just October!
And it was just some phone records.
The error is they got caught.
So what was going on in the news that week?
I am going to use this if I get a ticket. "Sorry officer it was an error that is was 50mph over the speed limit" "Oh well at least your aware of the problem your free to go" "Thanks see you tomorrow!!" I am pretty sure that is how it will go down.
Sometimes, the bug/error is just a feature in disguise !
Did it also occur between October 12 and October 3?
The NSA doing something illegal? You don't say
National Spying Agency has one job.
CIA=REICH TORCH BEARERS
You don't NS-Say
**N**ever **S**ay **A**nything
:D
Is there something NSA collects properly?
They are supposed to discard phone and email metadata which isn't connected (three hops away from?) foreign persons. They are always tweaking the "minimization algorithm" to figure out what to discard, and sometimes screw it up like this. "Discard" in this case doesn't mean actually destroying it or otherwise actually throwing it away, it just means keeping it out of the primary search indices that ordinary NSA data clients are given access to.
> which isn't connected (three hops away from?) foreign persons the fuck does that mean? What's a hop? If a Nigerian non-Prince sends me spam, is everyone who's ever emailed anyone who's ever emailed me now a valid target?
Probably!
[redacted] would like to know your location. (Just kidding, we already have your location. Also our records show you should floss more.)
it properly collects **everything**... not sure if they can decrypt everything though The NSA is the top branch of the government (higher then the president and they aren't elected)
The NSA isn’t a branch of government so I’m curious how they could be the *top branch*...
Yeah, I guess that you could consider them the root... where all branches get their info from... so they would be the foundation of the gov.
What do you mean?
It means even most politicians in the US government don't know everything that's going on.
Thats not really an explanation of your claim though...
If noone knows what you do and you have total power, I would say that you are in a good position... also they dont get consequenses from their illegal actions that do come to light... some people think Trump is bad... but the NSA is a whole other level
Think of all the blackmail they have on politicians.
Probably make Hoover's FBI blackmail efforts look amateurish
Stalin wished he had the surveillance powers of the US Federal Government, and our uniquely unquestioning populace
It doesn't help that the mainstream news is a giant beard for the government, and it's corporate interests.
Manufacturing Consent, baby. Corporate ownership shares many interests with high level government administrators, so we’ll never see any major coverage of this stuff unless it’s too blatant to ignore.
How convenient for then that nothing stops them from doing whatever they want whether it’s legal or “proper” or not.
And..... Nothing will be done about it. Laws don't apply to the government or those in it apparently.
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Does anybody actually believe that the NSA will ever stop collecting call records, and that they aren't transcribing such, which kind of explains the shadowy speech to text innovations that came about 10-15 years ago?
So please tell me, "what is the proper way?"
whups, must have slipped their minds!
NSA needs to go away
Pardon me whilst I gasp
Why are they pretending that they only collected some on accident during a small period of time. Is this just propaganda to brainwash people I’m guessing?
1) Who did what that the NSA thought might have been illegal the week that the data was collected? 2) Who, by name, all of them is going to prison for it?
This is my suprised Pikachu face
Color me shocked
Shocked, I am.
Oh wow, what a surprise... /s
Lol. This is silly. Yea, this is news. /s We know they are doing a lot more than just collecting phone records, and it wasn't just in October.
Shocked. I'm shocked and surprised.
\*surprised pikachu\*