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Mike Masnick<\/strong> There\u2019s been plenty of commentary concerning the\u00a0latest NSA leak<\/a>\u00a0concerning its FISA court-approved \u201crules\u201d for when it can keep data, and when it needs to delete it. As many of you pointed out in the comments to that piece \u2013 and many others are now exploring \u2013 the rules seem to clearly say that\u00a0if your data is encrypted, the NSA can keep it<\/a>. Specifically, the\u00a0minimization procedures<\/a>\u00a0say that the NSA has to destroy the communication it receives once it\u2019s determined as domestic\u00a0unless<\/b>\u00a0they can demonstrate a few facts about it. As part of this, the rules note:<\/p>\n In the context of a cryptanalytic effort, maintenance of technical data basesrequires retention of all communications that are enciphered<\/b>\u00a0or reasonably believed to contain secret meaning, and\u00a0sufficient duration may consist of any period of time during which encrypted material is subject to, or of use in, cryptanalysis.<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n In other words, if your messages are encrypted, the NSA is keeping them until they can decrypt them.<\/p>\n Full article here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n <!– <\/p>\n –><\/p>\n This article was posted: Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 7:17 am<\/p>\n Tags: big brother<\/a>, domestic spying<\/a><\/p>\n
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