Exclusive | Xkeyscore Source Code

As one comment in the source code reads, likely written by an NSA developer on a late night: “// TODO: Add oversight. Just kidding. Maybe in XKEYSCORE v10.”

Reassembling SMTP, IMAP, and POP3 email traffic, alongside chat protocols and VoIP sessions. xkeyscore source code exclusive

In July 2014, German broadcasters NDR and WDR obtained and published excerpts of XKeyscore’s source code, marking the first time the public saw the literal instructions used by NSA computers. Key findings from this code include: As one comment in the source code reads,

I closed the final file. The story I would write wouldn't just be about a leak. It would be about the translation of suspicion into syntax. It would prove that the architecture of global surveillance was built not on laws, but on loops, variables, and functions designed for total awareness. In July 2014, German broadcasters NDR and WDR