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	theweek.com	Solving the mystery of PRISM	PRISM / SIGADS / MARINA / CONTRAOCTAVE / XKEYSCORE / PINWALE
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