Every day, the United States National Security Agency collects nearly 5 billion cellphone location records worldwide, The Washington Post reported. The information, obtained from documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, indicate the records are stored in the agency’s FASCIA database. Data on Americans’ cellphones both in the U.S. and abroad is collected “incidentally,” the NSA contended. However, “there’s no restriction that would stop them for searching for Americans in the database,” noted CDT’s Jake Laperruque.
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NSA Harvests 5 Billion Cellphone Locations Worldwide Daily: Report
Posted by: Richard Adhikari December 5, 2013 03:00 PMEvery day, the United States National Security Agency collects nearly 5 billion cellphone location records worldwide, The Washington Post reported. The information, obtained from documents released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, indicate the records are stored in the agency’s FASCIA database. Data on Americans’ cellphones both in the U.S. and abroad is collected “incidentally,” the NSA contended. However, “there’s no restriction that would stop them for searching for Americans in the database,” noted CDT’s Jake Laperruque.