Snowden

Conspiracy theories tagged "Snowden."

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Five Eyes — Global Surveillance Alliance

The UKUSA intelligence-sharing agreement between US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand creates a global SIGINT network that enables each nation to spy on the others' citizens, circumventing domestic surveillance laws.

1946 · United States
CIA / Private Sector Revolving Door
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CIA / Private Sector Revolving Door

Over 70% of the U.S. intelligence budget goes to private contractors. How the line between spy agency and private company disappeared, and why it matters.

1990 · United States
GCHQ Tempora — UK Taps All Undersea Internet Cables
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GCHQ Tempora — UK Taps All Undersea Internet Cables

Snowden documents revealed GCHQ's Tempora program tapped fiber-optic cables carrying internet traffic through the UK, storing content for 3 days and metadata for 30 days.

2011 · United Kingdom
NSA Backdoors in Encryption Standards (Dual EC DRBG)
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NSA Backdoors in Encryption Standards (Dual EC DRBG)

How the NSA secretly weakened encryption standards and paid RSA Security $10 million to use a compromised random number generator. The confirmed story of Dual EC DRBG.

2006 · United States
NSA XKeyscore — Search Engine for Global Internet
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NSA XKeyscore — Search Engine for Global Internet

NSA's XKeyscore lets analysts search through emails, chats, browsing history, and social media of nearly any internet user worldwide. Confirmed by Snowden documents.

2008 · United States
Government Social Media Manipulation
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Government Social Media Manipulation

Documented programs by which governments manipulate social media — from GCHQ's JTRIG to Russia's Internet Research Agency and Cambridge Analytica's data harvesting.

2003 · International
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NSA Utah Data Center — Capturing All Communications

The NSA's massive Utah Data Center in Bluffdale stores unprecedented volumes of intercepted communications. Confirmed by Snowden documents and official admissions.

2013 · United States