16 Questions
What is the focus of Section III of the chapter?
The law of mass surveillance and its links with FISA, E.O. 12333, and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
What is the primary focus of mass surveillance based on FISA?
Targeting foreign-connected terrorists
What does the reduction of the scope of materials collected reflect?
A rebalancing of interests in domestic security and privacy
What does Section I of the chapter describe?
The technology behind carrying out seven mass surveillance programs
What is the name of the program in which the NSA works with the United Kingdom’s intelligence agency to tap into the cables connecting internal Yahoo and Google networks?
MUSCULAR
Which program involves the government asking companies to turn over targeted communications?
PRISM
What is the name of the law applicable to the program under which the government directly obtains massive amounts of customers’ telephony metadata from communication providers?
FISA §215
Which program involves the NSA intercepting every cell phone call made 'to, from, and within the Bahamas, Mexico, Kenya, the Philippines, and Afghanistan'?
External collections
What is the name of the program that involves tapping into the backbone of the Internet, namely, coaxial and fiber optic cables?
Upstream content collection
Which program involves telecommunications firms tapping into network switches located on U.S. soil to acquire content and metadata of foreign-to-foreign communications flowing past for the NSA?
Transit authority
What is the name of the law that historically involved a device used to mechanically record the numbers dialed on a telephone, and now applies software to Internet communications?
Pen register and trap and trace devices
Which law is equivalent to metadata regarding communications over the Internet?
FISA §215
What is the name of the law that is described as involving the government going to communication providers and directly obtaining massive amounts of customers’ telephony metadata the companies have stored?
FISA §215
Which program involves the NSA obtaining a wide range of information transmitted, stored, and accessed on the Internet?
Upstream content collection
What is the name of the law applicable to the President’s Surveillance Program and an ongoing suit (Jewel v NSA) discussed in the text?
FISA §702
Which program involves the NSA first identifying selectors that are sent to a United States electronic communication service provider to acquire communications transiting through circuits used to facilitate Internet communications?
FISA §702
Test your knowledge of the evolution of mass surveillance in the United States with this quiz. Explore the changes in legal authorities and scope of materials collected, and understand the balance between domestic security and privacy.
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