@emptywheel Hmmm. Is it just me, or does that article seem to confuse the 702 database with the metadata database?
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Replying to @ErrataRob
@emptywheel Re-reading, I guess it's not confused, just mixed together.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ErrataRob
@ErrataRob One of things that IS confused is suggestion there's a great big DB containing nothing but 702 data that everyone taps into1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel well, now there is a metadata database, maintained by the phone companies, the the NSA, FBI, DEA, IRS, etc. tap into...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @ErrataRob
@emptywheel ...that the non-NSA entities can access now that they couldn't access before, because USA FREEDOM3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ErrataRob You're an expert: How much USP phone metadata could you collect offshore using SS7? What percentage of US to US packets?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel very little, actually, unless you were obviously hacking the system in ways that people would eventually notice2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@emptywheel and even then, if you knew it was US-US, then domestic rules would apply, even though you were offshore4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@ErrataRob The rules on using USP metadata collected overseas are SIGNIFICANTLY more permissive than under 215.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@emptywheel I guess I'm still laboring under the belief the NSA sincerely did not want US-person's data; it's just spillover from foreigners5 replies 0 retweets 1 like
@ErrataRob Here's how NSA trains analysts to game queries so they have least restrictions. https://www.emptywheel.net/2013/12/03/federated-queries-and-eo-12333-fisc-workaround/ …
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