NSA surveillance
Federal electronic monitoring
NSA surveillance refers to the intelligence-gathering activities of the United States National Security Agency, particularly its monitoring of electronic communications.
The term gained widespread use after 2013 revelations about mass data collection programs: The leaked documents exposed the scope of NSA surveillance.
It often implies government overreach or invasion of privacy: Privacy advocates have fought NSA surveillance for years.
- wiretappingCovert phone surveillance
- PRISMNSA mass surveillance program
- SnowdenNSA contractor turned fugitive
- metadataDescriptive information about content
- spyingSecretly observing others
eavesdropping · classified · intelligence · intercepted · data collection · privacy · encryption · whistleblower · dragnet · warrant · FISA · rubber stamp · backdoor · data mining · secret · monitoring · cyber · tracking
- searchessearch, seek, hunt, quest, find
- WhistleblowersEdward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, Deep Throat, leakers, exposers
- Secret OperationsCOINTELPRO, Bay of Pigs, Iran-Contra, covert action, black budget
NSA surveillancedigital privacy
Protection of online information
end-to-end encryption · private browsing · anonymity · encrypted communications · going dark
NSA surveillancegovernment transparency
Public access to official proceedings
open government · citizen oversight · public accountability · whistleblowing · FOIA requests
NSA surveillancecivil liberties
Rights limiting government power
targeted surveillance · judicial oversight · privacy rights · due process
surveillance, survey, surveyor, surveying, surveyed, surveys