Surveillance reform – the changes
3
2
1
NSA and FBI –
Restored powers and
the ‘two hop’
system
National
Security
Agency
FBI restored powers under the USA Freedom Act
To listen to phone calls the FBI will require a court order. The FBI and NSA are now only allowed to gather data 'two hops' from its targets
The restored powers
1 Roving wiretap
Allows the government to track suspects who change phones
2 Lone wolf
The new act changes the definition of 'agent of a foreign power' to include people who might be planning to engage in 'international terrorism'
3 Business records
Includes credit card statements, medical records, and even email metadata
Barack Obama signed this into law after it passed the Senate on Tuesday. It restores the FBI's expired powers, notably the 'business records, lone wolf and roving wiretap' provisions. It puts an end to the NSA's indiscriminate collection of American citizens’ phone records
Facebook, where the typical user has 190 friends, shows how three degrees of separation gets you to a network bigger than the population of Colorado
NSA bulk collection of data under the Patriot Act
Three hops explained - One | Two | Three
You didn't need to be talking to a terror suspect to have communications data analysed by the NSA. The agency was allowed to travel 'three hops' from its targets – who could be people who talk to people who talk to people who talk to you
3
2
1
NSA and FBI –
Restored powers and
the ‘two hop’
system
National
Security
Agency
FBI restored powers under the USA Freedom Act
To listen to phone calls the FBI will require a court order. The FBI and NSA are now only allowed to gather data 'two hops' from its targets
The restored powers
1 Roving wiretap
Allows the government to track suspects who change phones
2 Lone wolf
The new act changes the definition of 'agent of a foreign power' to include people who might be planning to engage in 'international terrorism'
3 Business records
Includes credit card statements, medical records, and even email metadata
Barack Obama signed this into law after it passed the Senate on Tuesday. It restores the FBI's expired powers, notably the 'business records, lone wolf and roving wiretap' provisions. It puts an end to the NSA's indiscriminate collection of American citizens’ phone records
Facebook, where the typical user has 190 friends, shows how three degrees of separation gets you to a network bigger than the population of Colorado
NSA bulk collection of data under the Patriot Act
Three hops explained
One | Two | Three
You didn't need to be talking to a terror suspect to have communications data analysed by the NSA. The agency was allowed to travel 'three hops' from its targets – who could be people who talk to people who talk to people who talk to you
3
2
1
NSA and FBI –
Restored powers and
the ‘two hop’
system
National
Security
Agency
FBI restored powers under the USA Freedom Act
To listen to phone calls the FBI will require a court order. The FBI and NSA are now only allowed to gather data 'two hops' from its targets
The restored powers
1 Roving wiretap
Allows the government to track suspects who change phones
2 Lone wolf
The new act changes the definition of 'agent of a foreign power' to include people who might be planning to engage in 'international terrorism'
3 Business records
Includes credit card statements, medical records, and even email metadata
Barack Obama signed this into law after it passed the Senate on Tuesday. It restores the FBI's expired powers, notably the 'business records, lone wolf and roving wiretap' provisions. It puts an end to the NSA's indiscriminate collection of American citizens’ phone records
Facebook, where the typical user has 190 friends, shows how three degrees of separation gets you to a network bigger than the population of Colorado
NSA bulk collection of data under the Patriot Act
Three hops explained - One | Two | Three
You didn't need to be talking to a terror suspect to have communications data analysed by the NSA. The agency was allowed to travel 'three hops' from its targets – who could be people who talk to people who talk to people who talk to you
Three hops explained - One | Two | Three
You didn't need to be talking to a terror suspect to have communications data analysed by the NSA. The agency was allowed to travel 'three hops' from its targets – who could be people who talk to people who talk to people who talk to you
3
2
1
NSA and FBI –
Restored powers and
the ‘two hop’
system
National
Security
Agency
FBI restored powers under the USA Freedom Act
To listen to phone calls the FBI will require a court order. The FBI and NSA are now only allowed to gather data 'two hops' from its targets
The restored powers
1 Roving wiretap
Allows the government to track suspects who change phones
2 Lone wolf
The new act changes the definition of 'agent of a foreign power' to include people who might be planning to engage in 'international terrorism'
3 Business records
Includes credit card statements, medical records, and even email metadata
Barack Obama signed this into law after it passed the Senate on Tuesday. It restores the FBI's expired powers, notably the 'business records, lone wolf and roving wiretap' provisions. It puts an end to the NSA's indiscriminate collection of American citizens’ phone records
Facebook, where the typical user has 190 friends, shows how three degrees of separation gets you to a network bigger than the population of Colorado
NSA bulk collection of data under the Patriot Act