51% foreign test doesn’t protect Americans

Freedom to Tinker 2013-06-10

Summary:

One of the notable claims we have heard, in light of the Verizon / PRISM revelations, is that data extraction measures are calibrated to make sure that 51% or more of affected individuals are non-U.S. persons. As a U.S. person, I don’t find this at all reassuring. To see why, let’s think about the underlying [...]

Link:

https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/felten/51-foreign-test-doesnt-protect-americans/

From feeds:

Gudgeon and gist » Freedom to Tinker

Tags:

statistics privacy surveillance prism

Authors:

Ed Felten

Date tagged:

06/10/2013, 13:30

Date published:

06/10/2013, 08:20