XKeyscore is another secret program from the NSA of the USA, revealed by Snowden
Everyone is already tired of this buzz about PRISM, but recently something new has appeared.
The British The Guardian published an article the other day, it says that the program, called XKeyscore, allows you to collect information about almost everything that the user does on the Internet (XKeyscore: NSA tool collectors).
A small list of features of this program:
• XKeyscore provides an extensive collection of online data.
• NSA analysts do not need any prior permission to view data.
• Covers emails, social activity and browsing history
To view messages, the analyst using XKS enters the person’s email address in a simple online search form, with justification for the search and the period for which the letters are needed.
Analysts can view the user's activity in the browser using a wide range of information, including search terms entered by the user or viewed web sites.
The XKeyscore program also allows the analyst to find out the IP addresses of each visitor, on any website specified by the analyst.
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Since 2007, one NSA report contains, according to estimates, up to 850 billion calls (“call events”) collected and stored in the databases of the NSA, and about 150 billion Internet records. Every day adds 1-2 billion records.
In 2012, there were at least 41 billion records collected and stored in XKeyscore for one 30-day period.
In recent years, the NSA has been trying to separate US internal communications exclusively in separate databases. But according to the NSA, such efforts are not perfect.
Well, and at the end of the article: ". This is not an excuse, but an indication of the need for such tools.
The British The Guardian published an article the other day, it says that the program, called XKeyscore, allows you to collect information about almost everything that the user does on the Internet (XKeyscore: NSA tool collectors).
A small list of features of this program:
• XKeyscore provides an extensive collection of online data.
• NSA analysts do not need any prior permission to view data.
• Covers emails, social activity and browsing history
Highlights of interest to me in the original article.
"I, sitting at my desk," said Snowden, could "have been a personal email".
(“I, sitting at the table,” said Snowden, “can listen to anyone, including you or your accountant, before a federal judge or even the president, if I have a personal email address.”)
To view messages, the analyst using XKS enters the person’s email address in a simple online search form, with justification for the search and the period for which the letters are needed.
Analysts can view the user's activity in the browser using a wide range of information, including search terms entered by the user or viewed web sites.
The XKeyscore program also allows the analyst to find out the IP addresses of each visitor, on any website specified by the analyst.
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Since 2007, one NSA report contains, according to estimates, up to 850 billion calls (“call events”) collected and stored in the databases of the NSA, and about 150 billion Internet records. Every day adds 1-2 billion records.
In 2012, there were at least 41 billion records collected and stored in XKeyscore for one 30-day period.
In recent years, the NSA has been trying to separate US internal communications exclusively in separate databases. But according to the NSA, such efforts are not perfect.
Well, and at the end of the article: ". This is not an excuse, but an indication of the need for such tools.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/188578/
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