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Telecoms Gave the NSA More Data Than It Requested

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 02 2018, @11:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the here-you-go dept.

takyon writes:

NSA deletes hundreds of millions of call records over privacy violations

The NSA unfortunately has a long history of violating privacy rules, although this time the agency might not be entirely to blame. The NSA is deleting hundreds of millions of call and text message data records (collected since 2015) after learning of "technical irregularities" that led to receiving records it wasn't supposed to obtain under the USA Freedom Act. General counsel Glenn Gerstell told the New York Times in an interview that "one or more" unnamed telecoms had responded to data requests for targets by sending logs that included not just the relevant data, but records for people who hadn't been in contact with the targets. As it was "infeasible" to comb through all the data and find just the authorized data, the NSA decided to wipe everything.

[...] The companies involved have "addressed" the cause of the problem for data going forward, the NSA said.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 03 2018, @12:14AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 03 2018, @12:14AM (#701649)

    it was "infeasible" to comb through all the data and find just the authorized data

    See this is why tech billionaires should run your government, because only tech billionaires employ elite rockstar coders to code AI blockchains powerful enough to comb through all your data for legal irregularities.

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Uncle_Al on Tuesday July 03 2018, @12:29AM (4 children)

    by Uncle_Al (1108) on Tuesday July 03 2018, @12:29AM (#701654)

    https://www.fastcompany.com/3046756/obama-and-his-geeks [fastcompany.com]

    how soon we forget..

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 03 2018, @12:58AM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 03 2018, @12:58AM (#701658)

      That's funny. I don't see your precious "Digital Service Corps" running billboard ads in every bus and train station. I do see Facebook billboards in every bus and train station. Seems your precious shit has a lack of fucking funding.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 03 2018, @01:00AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 03 2018, @01:00AM (#701660)

        Or they didn't want to advertise what they do.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 03 2018, @01:04AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 03 2018, @01:04AM (#701662)

          Link to their GitHub or they don't fucking do anything except be a mutual admiration society of hipsters who all call each other supergeniuses.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 03 2018, @01:14AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 03 2018, @01:14AM (#701667)

        The unfounded levels of rage are getting ridiculous. It totally sucks when you believe someone's lies and get scammed, but this shit over Trump is beyond wacko. Calm down, let yourself acknowledge that he's not America's savior, and get on with your life.