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Re:NSA Chief describes what PRISM is by onecommentonly on Saturday June 08, 2013 @04:30PM (#5846210)
PDF link of the description http://www.dni.gov/files/documents/Facts%20on%20the%20Collec...
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Re:NSA Chief describes what PRISM is by deno on Saturday June 08, 2013 @05:39PM (#5846457)
It’s non‐trivial to turn PDF into series of images. Why would they go through that trouble? It’s insane.

Thanks.

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Re:NSA Chief describes what PRISM is by betterunix on Saturday June 08, 2013 @05:47PM (#5846479)
Erm how is it non-trivial? Ghostscript + Imagemagick would be two commands.
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Re:NSA Chief describes what PRISM is by deno on Saturday June 08, 2013 @05:54PM (#5846495)
Trivial means “there’s a button for that” in this context.
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Re:NSA Chief describes what PRISM is by Zakharov on Saturday June 08, 2013 @06:44PM (#5846616)
I'd guess it's standard process to avoid redaction errors.
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