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People who understand math: Uh... that's more information than even Google processes in a day
Did The NSA Think The Public Can't Do Math? Attempt To Downplay Data Collection Fails Miserably
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Last week we wrote about the NSA's ridiculous attempt to justify its surveillance efforts, including this really wacky callout designed to show just how "little" data the NSA collects.
People who understand math: Uh... that's more information than even Google processes in a day
Did The NSA Think The Public Can't Do Math? Attempt To Downplay Data Collection Fails Miserably
from the carry-the-one... dept
Last week we wrote about the NSA's ridiculous attempt to justify its surveillance efforts, including this really wacky callout designed to show just how "little" data the NSA collects.
Scope and Scale of NSA Collection
According to figures published by a major tech provider, the Internet carries 1,826 Petabytes of information per day. In its foreign intelligence mission, NSA touches about 1.6% of that. However, of the 1.6% of the data, only 0.025% is actually selected for review. The net effect is that NSA analysts look at 0.00004% of the world's traffic in conducting their mission -- that's less than one part in a million. Put another way, if a standard basketball court represented the global communications environment, NSA's total collection would be represented by an area smaller than a dime on that basketball court.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...ownplay-data-collection-fails-miserably.shtml
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Obama Privately Derides Controversy Over NSA Domestic Spying As “Noise” And Not “Meaningful”…
Of course publicly he’s calling for a “national conversation,” or something.
According to figures published by a major tech provider, the Internet carries 1,826 Petabytes of information per day. In its foreign intelligence mission, NSA touches about 1.6% of that. However, of the 1.6% of the data, only 0.025% is actually selected for review. The net effect is that NSA analysts look at 0.00004% of the world's traffic in conducting their mission -- that's less than one part in a million. Put another way, if a standard basketball court represented the global communications environment, NSA's total collection would be represented by an area smaller than a dime on that basketball court.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/2...ownplay-data-collection-fails-miserably.shtml
related via zip:
Obama Privately Derides Controversy Over NSA Domestic Spying As “Noise” And Not “Meaningful”…
Of course publicly he’s calling for a “national conversation,” or something.
