Forget PRISM, the recent NSA leaks are plain: Digital privacy doesn't exist - The Next Web - 0 views
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Deep in the oceans, hundreds of cables carry much of the world’s phone and Internet traffic. Since at least the early 1970s, the NSA has been tapping foreign cables. It doesn’t need permission. That’s its job.
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shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, President George W. Bush secretly authorized the NSA to plug into the fiber optic cables that enter and leave the United States, knowing it would give the government unprecedented, warrantless access to Americans’ private conversations.
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Tapping into those cables allows the NSA access to monitor emails, telephone calls, video chats, websites, bank transactions and more.
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