# X-Keyscore:Widest-reaching NSA Digital Surveillance Program

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**Created:** [July 31, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-keyscore-widest-reaching-nsa-digital-surveillance-program/665007 "2013-07-31T18:41:21Z")\
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“The National Security Agency (NSA) maintains a secret surveillance program called X-Keyscore that, according to new revelations by The Guardian, “allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing e-mails, online chats, and the browsing histories of millions of individuals, according to documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden.””

> **[New Snowden leak details “widest-reaching” NSA digital surveillance program](https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/07/new-snowden-leak-details-widest-reaching-nsa-digital-surveillance-program/)**
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> X-Keyscore gets all short-term HTTP traffic: your chats, e-mails—all of it.

> **[XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data)**
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> • XKeyscore gives 'widest-reaching' collection of online data• NSA analysts require no prior authorization for searches• Sweeps up emails, social media activity and browsing history