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Revision as of 07:15, 30 December 2013
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FASCIA is a massive database of the U.S. National Security Agency that contains trillions of device-location records that are collected from a variety of sources.[1] Its existence was revealed during the 2013 global surveillance disclosure by Edward Snowden.[2]
Scope of surveillance
The FASCIA database stores various types of information, including Location Area Codes (LACs), Cell Tower IDs (CeLLIDs), Visitor Location Registers (VLRs), International Mobile Station Equipment Identity (IMEIs) and MSISDNs (Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network-Numbers).[1][2]
Over a period of about seven months, more than 27 terabytes of location data were collected and stored in the database.[3]
Gallery
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Every day, five billion device-location records added to the database
See also
References
- ^ a b Narayan Lakshman. "NSA tracking millions of cellphones globally". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "FASCIA: The NSA's huge trove of location records". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "GHOSTMACHINE: The NSA's cloud analytics platform". The Washington Post. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
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