> And what the NSA has isn't necessarily "direct access" to the servers - PRISM gives the analyst "direct access" to the data that has already been collected by many different means.
Right, the data may be provided directly from the servers rea time to the collection that the analyst uses, but the NSA wouldn't directly access the provider's servers. In fact, that would be counterproductive, as then users with privileged access to the provider's servers (provider side admins) could monitor what the NSA was doing with the data.
Right, the data may be provided directly from the servers rea time to the collection that the analyst uses, but the NSA wouldn't directly access the provider's servers. In fact, that would be counterproductive, as then users with privileged access to the provider's servers (provider side admins) could monitor what the NSA was doing with the data.