FASCIA (database)

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Device location database maintained by American National Security Agency

National Security Agency surveillance

Map of global NSA data collection as of 2007[update], with countries subject to the most data collection shown in red

Programs

Pre-1978

* ECHELON
* MINARET
* SHAMROCK
* PROMIS

Since 1978

* Upstream collection
* BLARNEY
* FAIRVIEW
* Main Core
* ThinThread
* Genoa

Since 1990

* RAMPART-A

Since 1998

* Tailored Access Operations

Since 2001

* OAKSTAR
* STORMBREW
* Trailblazer
* Turbulence
* Genoa II
* Total Information Awareness
* President's Surveillance Program
* Terrorist Surveillance Program

Since 2007

* PRISM
* Dropmire
* Stateroom
* Bullrun
* MYSTIC

Databases, tools etc.

* PINWALE
* MARINA
* Main Core
* MAINWAY
* TRAFFICTHIEF
* DISHFIRE
* XKeyscore
* ICREACH
* BOUNDLESSINFORMANT

GCHQ collaboration

* MUSCULAR
* Tempora

Legislation

* Safe Streets Act
* Privacy Act of 1974
* FISA
* ECPA
* Patriot Act
* Homeland Security Act
* Protect America Act of 2007
* FISA Amendments Act of 2008

Institutions

* FISC
* Senate Intelligence Committee
* National Security Council

Lawsuits

* ACLU v. NSA
* Hepting v. AT&T
* Jewel v. NSA
* Clapper v. Amnesty
* Klayman v. Obama
* ACLU v. Clapper
* Wikimedia v. NSA
* US v. Moalin

Whistleblowers

* William Binney
* Thomas Drake
* Mark Klein
* Thomas Tamm
* Russ Tice
* Edward Snowden

Publication

* 2005 warrantless surveillance scandal
* Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)

Related

* Cablegate
* Surveillance of reporters
* Mail tracking
* UN diplomatic spying
* Insider Threat Program
* Mass surveillance in the United States
* Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom

Concepts

* SIGINT
* Metadata

Collaboration

United States

* CSS
* CYBERCOM
* DOJ
* FBI
* CIA
* DHS
* IAO

Five Eyes

* CSEC
* GCHQ
* ASD
* GCSB

Other

* DGSE
* BND

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FASCIA is a database created and used by the U.S. National Security Agency that contains trillions of device-location records that are collected from a variety of sources.[1] Its existence was revealed during the 2013 global surveillance disclosure by Edward Snowden.[2]

## Scope of surveillance

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The FASCIA database stores various types of information, including Location Area Codes (LACs), Cell Tower IDs (CeLLIDs), Visitor Location Registers (VLRs), International Mobile Station Equipment Identity (IMEIs) and MSISDNs (Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network-Numbers).[1][2]

Over a period of about seven months, more than 27 terabytes of location data were collected and stored in the database.[3]

## Gallery

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* Every day, five billion device-location records are added to the database

## See also

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* Dishfire

## References

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1. ^ a b Narayan Lakshman (2013-12-05). "NSA tracking millions of cellphones globally". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
2. ^ a b The Washington Post (2013-12-04). "FASCIA: The NSA's huge trove of location records" (2 slides). The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2014-11-01. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
3. ^ The Washington Post (2013-12-04). "GHOSTMACHINE: The NSA's cloud analytics platform" (4 slides). The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2014-03-23.

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