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===NSA Spying===

===NSA Spying===

In June 2013 [[Edward J. Snowden]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] by revealing the mass domestic surveillance program known as "PRISM,".  In addition, the NSA maintains a massive data collection center in Utah<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/01/seven-stats-to-know-about-nsas-utah-data-center-as-it-nears-completion/ |title=7 Stats to Know About NSA’s Massive Utah Data Center as It Nears Completion |work=[[The Blaze]] |date= July 1, 2013 }}</ref>.

In June 2013 [[Edward J. Snowden]] embarrassed [[Barack Obama]] by revealing the mass domestic surveillance program known as "PRISM". That program involved the collection of personal information on millions of Americans, from a wide variety of private companies.  In addition, the NSA maintains a massive data collection center in Utah<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/01/seven-stats-to-know-about-nsas-utah-data-center-as-it-nears-completion/ |title=7 Stats to Know About NSA’s Massive Utah Data Center as It Nears Completion |work=[[The Blaze]] |date= July 1, 2013 }}</ref>. Under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), which was enacted in 1994, Telecommunication companies are required to build taps into their infrastructure, for government use. This gives government agencies (and Chinese state-sponsored hackers)<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/07/the-30-year-old-internet-backdoor-law-that-came-back-to-bite/</ref><ref>https://stateofsurveillance.org/articles/surveillance/salt-typhoon-telecom-hack/</ref> access to telephone calls, internet activity, text messages, and other such data. Although CALEA taps are used heavily by the NSA, other government agencies can access them as well.<ref>https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL30677.html</ref><ref>https://archive.epic.org/privacy/wiretap/calea/dc_cir_decision.html</ref>

===Private lands===

===Private lands===