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by willstrafach 3391 days ago
> a PRISM member

To avoid confusion for any readers, you should clarify what this means: Apple has an automated process for serving data in response to any approved FISA court orders from the FBI.

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It's not even clear that PRISM implies an automated process. It appears to just be the NSA's internal name for the process of using the FBI to request stored data from service providers.

And to make this clear: U.S. companies must comply with valid court orders. Being a "PRISM member" is not optional.