@emptywheel If I understand what NSA is saying on that count, they’re stating a truth of basic principles, not just of resources.
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@grumpybozo How so? In any case, if they know it to be small, that's not the practice they claim they can't count, no? -
@emptywheel One can’t know the national status of a person who is spoken of in ‘content’ but not matched to a meatspace human. (1/3) -
@grumpybozo To clarify, THEY'RE saying they can count USPs searched in content. They're saying they CAN'T count USPs searched via metadata. -
@emptywheel Same principle applies in metadata. More structured, but USP status of referents less knowable Content can illuminate (1/2) -
@grumpybozo Right. But question is, how many times have they taken known USP identifier and used it to search incidentally collected data.
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