NSA Collects Hundreds of Millions of Text Messages Daily

No surprise here. Although we learned some new codenames: DISHFIRE: The NSA's program to collect text messages and text-message metadata. PREFER: The NSA's program to perform automatic analysis on the text-message data and metadata. The documents talk about not just collecting chatty text messages, but VCards, SIM card changes, missed calls, roaming information indicating border crossings, travel itineraries, and financial...