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by uvdiv 4748 days ago
Also, given the name "PRISM," isn't it pretty obvious how this program worked? Think about it... What does a prism do?

It's obvious a spy agency isn't trying to communicate how their program works to everyone who stumbles across their codename.

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They always seem to love clever acronyms that are tangentially related to whatever it deals with, like USAPATRIOT Act is actually about how to not be a good US patriot.