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9. Depends on the meaning of the words "monitors" and "touches"

Sat Aug 10, 2013, 12:15 AM

Aug 2013

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NSA memo says the agency monitors 1.6 percent of all internet traffic [View all] morningfog Aug 2013 OP

I wonder if that is true. nt ZombieHorde Aug 2013 #1

The real question is how much does it store. dkf Aug 2013 #2

that was my first thought grasswire Aug 2013 #7

98.4% of you are just paranoid. JaneyVee Aug 2013 #3

Did you live through the sixties? grasswire Aug 2013 #8

Yeah, just think what's he'll do with DU! RKP5637 Aug 2013 #29

well, you're behind the curve on that assumption grasswire Aug 2013 #23

That's the gist of it. eom millennialmax Aug 2013 #26

Right, everything Obama says is 'damage control'. randome Aug 2013 #4

Even if it is 1.6%, considering how much daily traffic there is, morningfog Aug 2013 #14

I don't think you understand the volume we are talking about. morningfog Aug 2013 #19

1.6% of the Sun's volume is still miniscule, relatively speaking. randome Aug 2013 #20

That has to be the worst analogy ever. morningfog Aug 2013 #21

"According to an NSA memorandum" burnodo Aug 2013 #5

The NSa probably doesn't have enough staff Rosa Luxemburg Aug 2013 #6

Depends on the meaning of the words "monitors" and "touches" limpyhobbler Aug 2013 #9

Clearly, this can't be true ProSense Aug 2013 #10

Ironically... cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #25

+1, n/t RKP5637 Aug 2013 #33

Then that must mean... DisgustipatedinCA Aug 2013 #12

A wildly, deliberately misleading piece of PR. woo me with science Aug 2013 #13

Figures don't lie... kentuck Aug 2013 #24

Oh there you go making sense... Earth_First Aug 2013 #28

OK, let's do the math.... Turbineguy Aug 2013 #31

Ya and we take up about 11% of the WWW. Rex Aug 2013 #32