PRISM

aka US-984XN

Details

PRISM is a code name for a program under which the National Security Agency has collected communications from at least 9 American Internet companies

• Microsoft
• Google
• Yahoo
• Facebook
• Paltalk
• YouTube
• Skype
• AOL
• Apple

It is authorized under Section 702 of a law passed in 2008 known as the FISA Amendments Act.

PRISM is one of the two FAA702 operations, the other is UPSTREAM

Presentation Slides from 201304 leaked 201306

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Articles

Date	Source	Title	Tags
20130711	spiegel.de	Überwachungsskandal: Microsoft soll seit Jahren mit US-Ermittlern kooperieren	NSA / PRISM / MICROSOFT / SKYPE
20130711	guardian.co.uk	Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages	NSA / PRISM / MICROSOFT / SKYPE
20130708	guardian.co.uk	NSA and GCHQ spy programmes face legal challenge - Privacy campaigners file claim saying laws used to justify data trawling by Prism and Tempora programmes are being abused	GB / NSA / GCHQ / PRISM / TEMPORA
20130704	heise.de	PRISM und Tempora: EU-Parlament setzt Untersuchungsausschuss ein	EU / NSA / TEMPORA / PRISM
20130703	spiegel.de	US-Spähprogramm: Verfassungsschutz will von Prism nichts gewusst haben	PRISM / DE
20130701	tagesschau.de	"Prism" und die Internetgiganten - Doch direkter Zugriff auf die Server?	PRISM / GOOGLE / YAHOO / FACEBOOK / MICROSOFT
20130629	washingtonpost.com	NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program	PRISM / NSA
20130627	focus.de	NSA, GCHQ – Prism, Tempora: So überwachen uns die Geheimdienste über das Internet	NSA / GCHQ / PRISM / TEMPORA / CARNIVORE / AT&T / NARUS
20130627	spiegel.de	Prism und Tempora: Facebook-Kritiker gehen gegen Internetfirmen vor	FACEBOOK / PRISM / TEMPORA
20130627	spiegel.de	Prism, Tempora und die Bundesregierung: Ausgespäht und abgespeist	DE / PRISM / TEMPORA
20130620	guardian.co.uk	US House bill would force Obama to declassify Fisa court decisions: Legal justifications for NSA's wide-ranging surveillance would be released as lawmakers seek 'informed public debate' on Prism	FISA / PRISM / US
20130617	zeit.de	ÜBERWACHUNG: Das Spionagesystem Prism und seine Brüder	NSA / PRISM
20130617	spiegel.de	Prism-Überwachungsprogramm: Snowden bezichtigt US-Geheimdienste der Lüge	PRISM
20130617	spiegel.de	NSA-Skandal: Prisms großer Bruder	NSA / PRISM
20130616	spiegel.de	Überwachungsprogramm Prism: Innenpolitiker fordern ein deutsches Google	PRISM / DE
20130615	bigstory.ap.org	Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure	PRISM / NSA / MICROSOFT / FACEBOOK / GOOGLE
20130615	spiegel.de	Spähprogramm Prism: Google kritisiert Microsoft und Facebook	PRISM / GOOGLE / MICROSOFT / FACEBOOK
20130614	guardian.co.uk	Prism NSA surveillance 'did not collect European data in bulk' - EU commissioner says she has assurances that only those suspected of links to terrorism or cybercrime were targeted	EU / PRISM
20130614	spiegel.de	Prism-Skandal: Yahoo hat sich gegen Datenspionage gewehrt	PRISM / YAHOO
20130614	spiegel.de	Späh-Programm Prism: Google und Microsoft bitten Merkel um Hilfe	PRISM / GOOGLE / MICROSOFT
20130614	heise.de	EU macht Druck: USA versprechen Auskunft zu PRISM	PRISM / EU
20130614	guardian.co.uk	On PRISM, partisanship and propaganda: Addressing many of the issues arising from last week's NSA stories	PRISM / NSA / US
20130614	spiegel.de	Prism-Skandal: Warum Google auf Transparenz setzt und AT&T schweigt	PRISM
20130613	spiegel.de	Prism-Skandal: Warum Google auf Transparenz setzt und AT&T schweigt	PRISM
20130613	netzpolitik.org	Bundesnachrichtendienst hatte keine Ahnung von PRISM	BND / PRISM
20130612	washingtonpost.com	Google details how it hands over data to federal officials	GOOGLE / PRISM / NSA
20130612	spiegel.de	Lehren aus Prism: Google, Facebook, Microsoft machen den Job der NSA	PRISM / NSA / GOOGLE / FACEBOOK / MICROSOFT
20130612	spiegel.de	Überwachungsprogramm: Mehrere Staaten haben offenbar Zugriff auf Prism-Daten	PRISM / BE / NL / RU / EU / FSB
20130611	spiegel.de	Prism-Skandal: Kommissarin Reding will Europa vor US-Datenangriffen schützen	PRISM / EU
20130611	slate.com	European Parliament Up In Arms Over PRISM	EU / PRISM
20130611	standaard.be	Ook Staatsveiligheid krijgt informatie uit Prism	BE / PRISM
20130611	nrc.nl	'AIVD heeft ook toegang tot informatie uit PRISM	AIVD / NL / NSA / PRISM / GOOGLE / SKYPE / FACEBOOK
20130608	wsj.com	Crunch for Tech Companies Over Prism	PRISM / NSA / GOOGLE / MICROSOFT / SKYPE / FACEBOOK
20130608	wired.com	Intel Director Sets Record Straight on PRISM, Sort Of	NSA / PRISM / CLAPPER, JAMES R.
20130608	spiegel.de	Überwachungsprogramm Prism: Die wackeligen Dementis von Larry Page und Mark Zuckerberg	FACEBOOK / NSA / PRISM
20130608	facebook.com	Mark Zuckerberg: I want to respond personally to the outrageous press reports about PRISM:	FACEBOOK / PRISM
20130608	guardian.co.uk	NSA's Prism surveillance program: how it works and what it can do - Slide from secret PowerPoint presentation describes how program collects data 'directly from the servers' of tech firms	PRISM
20130607	theatlantic.com	'I Cannot Figure Out Why This Was Classified to Begin With': What the PRISM leaks have in common with the Pentagon Papers	US / NSA / PRISM
20130607	foreignpolicy.com	The PRISM spin war has begun	PRISM / NSA / GOOGLE / FACEBOOK
20130606	abcnews.go.com	Internet Companies Deny Offering Government Access to Customer Data	NSA / PRISM / GOOGLE / APPLE / SKYPE / FACEBOOK
20130607	guardian.co.uk	NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others - Top-secret Prism program claims direct access to servers of firms including Google, Apple and Facebook - Companies deny any knowledge of program in operation since 2007	PRISM / GOOGLE / APPLE / FACEBOOK