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Rathji · 07-16-2013, 11:02 AM

The fact that MS data is being gathered by PRISM is about as relevant to this conversation as the fact that the crap I took this morning was a little bit off colour.

If you understand how PRISM almost certainly works, by upstreaming these major providers (MS, Google, etc) then you realize that these vague allegations are just stirring the pot for little or no reason, as the difference between MS granting someone access to this data and them having no idea this data access is happening results in the exact same thing: The NSA getting that data.

You want to bring up that fact that MS is scanning skype text messages for malicious links (or whatever reason), then that has relevance, but the PRISM connection is totally nonsensical fear mongering.

07-16-2013, 11:02 AM	#845
Rathji Franchise Player Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl Exp:	The fact that MS data is being gathered by PRISM is about as relevant to this conversation as the fact that the crap I took this morning was a little bit off colour. If you understand how PRISM almost certainly works, by upstreaming these major providers (MS, Google, etc) then you realize that these vague allegations are just stirring the pot for little or no reason, as the difference between MS granting someone access to this data and them having no idea this data access is happening results in the exact same thing: The NSA getting that data. You want to bring up that fact that MS is scanning skype text messages for malicious links (or whatever reason), then that has relevance, but the PRISM connection is totally nonsensical fear mongering. __________________ "Wake up, Luigi! The only time plumbers sleep on the job is when we're working by the hour."