Tempora
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Tempora is the codeword for a formerly-secret computer system that is used by the British Government Communications Headquarters. This system is used to buffer most Internet communications that are ex
The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) operates "Tempora"
Edward Snowden
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Edward Joseph Snowden is an American whistleblower who, as a National Security Agency intelligence contractor, disclosed classified documents revealing the existence of global surveillance programs.
Tempora
…Dhekelia. The intercepts are placed with the knowledge of companies owning either the cables or landing stations. The existence of Tempora was revealed by Edward Snowden, a former American intelligence contractor who leaked information about the programme to former Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald in May 2013 as part…
Snowden in 2013
Slide from an NSA presentation on "Google Cloud Exploitation" from its MUSCULAR program; the sketch shows where the "Public Internet" meets the internal "Google Cloud" where user data resides.
PRISM: a clandestine surveillance program under which the NSA collects user data from companies including Microsoft, Google, Apple, Yahoo, Facebook and YouTube
Hong Kong rally to support Snowden, June 15, 2013