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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDates when PRISM collection began for each provider
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2041144/former-cia-assistant-edward-snowden-outs-himself-as-nsa-whistleblower.html
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Dates when PRISM collection began for each provider (Original Post)
damnedifIknow
Jun 2013
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Facebook and Google insist they did not know of Prism surveillance program
damnedifIknow
Jun 2013
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damnedifIknow
(3,183 posts)1. Facebook and Google insist they did not know of Prism surveillance program
"With their credibility about privacy issues in sharp focus, all the technology companies said to be involved in the program issued remarkably similar statements.
All said they did not allow the government "direct access" to their systems, all said they had never heard of the Prism program, and all called for greater transparency."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/07/google-facebook-prism-surveillance-program
Damned if I know
Ian David
(69,059 posts)2. People still used AOL in 2011? n/t
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(56,582 posts)4. All of those listed are chat protocols as well as companies
Maybe it's when they added those protocols to the listener. People do still use AIM and ICQ.
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(56,582 posts)3. Nothing like a badly-designed, out of context powerpoint slide...
... to clear things up.