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Here’s how the NSA analyzes all that call data
The National Security Agency might not have the names of Verizon’s (s vz) wireless customers, but the agency probably can figure out what they’re up to if it’s so inclined. The metadata Verizon has...
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Under the covers of the NSA’s big data effort
The NSA’s data collection practices have much of America — and certainly the tech community — on edge, but sources familiar with the agency’s technology are saying the situation isn’t as bad as it...
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Now anyone can buy the NSA’s database tech
Say what you will about the National Security Agency, but you can’t say it doesn’t know how to share — or how to build technology that can scale. In fact, Accumulo, the petabyte-scale database...
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Six degrees of separation, NSA-style
Privacy watchers were quick to latch onto testimony by National Security Agency Deputy Director Chris Inglis Wednesday that the agency might be looking deeper into suspected terrorists contact networks...
View ArticleCloudera now supports Accumulo, the NSA’s take on HBase
Cloudera will be integrating with the Apache Accumulo database and, according to a press release, “devoting significant internal engineering resources to speed Accumulo’s development.” The National...
View ArticleStartup uses database tech from the NSA and Facebook to detect fraudsters
A San Mateo, California, startup called Argyle Data released its flagship anti-fraud software on Thursday, claiming it’s built from the same technologies that let organizations such as Facebook and the...
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