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ihsw on July 17, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than...

How can we refute the NSA's policies when they change definitions of words? If we attack "collection" then they redefine it as analysts' having queried for the data, but what about when we attack "storage"? Would they redefine how data is "in storage" to include only when it's stored in a web browser cache (for example)?

What do they call it when data is re-routed to their data centers for indexing and storage?

joeyh on July 17, 2013 | [–]

Normal operation of the Internet backbone.

nateabele on July 17, 2013 | [–]

> How can we refute the NSA's policies when they change definitions of words?

Incorporate by reference an introduction to formal logic into the NSA Policy Manual and Employee Handbook? :-)

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