alt Hacker NewsThis is all in line with significantly degraded collection capabilities.
They can easily go after specific targets, but bulk collection is no longer viable in the same way it was pre-Snowden.
This is all in line with significantly degraded collection capabilities.
They can easily go after specific targets, but bulk collection is no longer viable in the same way it was pre-Snowden.
Yes but I wouldn't say their capabilities have been "greatly" degraded. It's still very much in the "push a button and have someone's entire life history up on the screen" territory.
Degraded would be "it is impossible for them to know anything about people unless they send dozens of human agents to stalk them".