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Re:XKeyscore: NSA program collects 'nearly everything a user... by spahl on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @10:04AM (#6133710)
But this was written in 2008. Storage capacity could/must have increased massively since then.
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Re:XKeyscore: NSA program collects 'nearly everything a user... by mpyne on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @04:19PM (#6136564)
But so has the volume of data that NSA would have to retain.
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Re:XKeyscore: NSA program collects 'nearly everything a user... by lukifer on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @06:28PM (#6137245)
...and so have the compression and filtering tech, I'm sure. If you strip out most attachments, the average email message is incredibly tiny when gzipped.
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