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Mass surveillance system
XKeyscore (XKEYSCORE or XKS) is a classified computer system used by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) for searching and analyzing global
XKeyscore
Metadata standard in digital images
November 2018. Staff (July 31, 2013). "XKeyscore Presentation from 2008 – Read in Full – Training Materials for the XKeyscore Program Detail How Analysts Can
Exif
GCHQ-operated Internet and telephone surveillance system
documents, which say that Tempora is only for Internet traffic, just like the XKeyscore system of the NSA, components of which are incorporated in Tempora. It
Tempora
Unit of the U.S. National Security Agency
as XKeyscore. A specific method of finding vulnerable machines is interception of Windows Error Reporting traffic, which is logged into XKeyscore. QUANTUM
Tailored_Access_Operations
against collecting from any of the Five Eyes members. Unlike its successor XKeyscore, targets for Pinwale have to be approved beforehand by the FISC. According
Pinwale
Mass surveillance across national borders
a number of these older global surveillance programs such as PRISM, XKeyscore, and Tempora were referenced in the 2013 release of thousands of documents
Global_surveillance
Anglosphere intelligence alliance
the media: PRISM – Operated by the NSA together with GCHQ and the ASD XKeyscore – Operated by the NSA with contributions from the ASD and the GCSB Tempora
Five_Eyes
Whistleblower and NSA contractor (born 1983)
in "the worlds of business, politics or French state administration." XKeyscore, an analytical tool that allows for collection of "almost anything done
Edward_Snowden
United States National Security Agency information-technology project
According to an XKeyscore presentation, TRAFFICTHIEF is a database of "Meta-data from a subset of tasked strong-selectors" According to the XKeyscore presentation
Turbulence_(NSA)
Multilateral signals intelligence treaty signed in 1946
Israel's ISNU NSA document reveals the German BND's usage of the NSA's XKeyscore to provide "unique contributions". NSA document on a joint espionage operation
UKUSA_Agreement
"Meta-data from a subset of tasked strong-selectors," according to an XKeyscore presentation. An example of a strong selector is an email address. In
TRAFFICTHIEF
Disclosures of NSA and related global espionage
of the NSA's global analytical system XKeyscore. Among the numerous allied facilities contributing to XKeyscore are four installations in Australia and
Snowden_disclosures
Argument against surveillance
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Nothing_to_hide_argument
U.S. signals intelligence organization
altogether by lifting information before encryption or after decryption. XKeyscore rules (as specified in a file xkeyscorerules100.txt, sourced by German
National_Security_Agency
Linux distribution for anonymity and privacy
2014, Das Erste reported that the US National Security Agency (NSA)'s XKeyscore surveillance system sets threat definitions for people who search for
Tails_(operating_system)
Intricate surveillance of an entire or a substantial fraction of a population
June 2006. Retrieved 19 September 2013. Glenn Greenwald (31 July 2013). "XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'". The
Mass_surveillance
Over-the-horizon radar network in Australia
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Jindalee Operational Radar Network
Jindalee_Operational_Radar_Network
Australian editor of WikiLeaks (born 1971)
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Julian_Assange
security focused open-source alternatives to mitigate some threats of PRISM, XKeyscore and Tempora. Droid-Break – curated list of general purpose open-source
List of free and open-source Android applications
List_of_free_and_open-source_Android_applications
American telecommunications company
Real Time Regional Gateway Stellar Wind TRAILBLAZER Turbulence Upstream XKeyscore Databases DISHFIRE Main Core MAINWAY MARINA PINWALE Other Dundee Society
Verizon
Telecommunication interception facility
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Room_641A
American computer scientist
Edward Snowden, and the subsequent public disclosure of the operation of XKeyscore, which targeted one of The Tor Project's onion servers along with Mixminion
Nick_Mathewson
Blackmail practice
comparison to other Five Eyes initiatives such as Optic Nerve (GCHQ), and XKEYSCORE. A leaked NSA document from October 2012 identified six people, all Muslims
SEXINT
Book by Edward Snowden
job at Booz Allen Hamilton. The NTOC had access to XKEYSCORE. Snowden witnessed coworkers use XKEYSCORE to view information about their current and former
Permanent Record (autobiography)
Permanent_Record_(autobiography)
Literary character and symbol
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Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Big_Brother_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)
NSA data storage facility
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Utah_Data_Center
Warrantless surveillance program of the NSA in the United States
Databases, tools etc. PINWALE MARINA Main Core MAINWAY TRAFFICTHIEF DISHFIRE XKeyscore ICREACH BOUNDLESSINFORMANT GCHQ collaboration MUSCULAR Tempora Legislation
Stellar_Wind
1960 defection of two U.S. National Security Agency cryptologists to the Soviet Union
Databases, tools etc. PINWALE MARINA Main Core MAINWAY TRAFFICTHIEF DISHFIRE XKeyscore ICREACH BOUNDLESSINFORMANT GCHQ collaboration MUSCULAR Tempora Legislation
Martin_and_Mitchell_defection
Real Time Regional Gateway Stellar Wind TRAILBLAZER Turbulence Upstream XKeyscore Databases DISHFIRE Main Core MAINWAY MARINA PINWALE Other Dundee Society
Real_Time_Regional_Gateway
Joint Australia–United States base near Alice Springs, Australia
of internet and telephone communications, which involves systems like XKEYSCORE. Journalist Brian Toohey states that Pine Gap intercepts electronic communications
Pine_Gap
Meta-goal in a video game
order"). The game spawned two sequels. NSA information-gathering program XKeyscore uses achievements awarding "skilz" points to assist in training new analysts
Achievement_(video_games)
Diplomatic mission of the US in Russia
services, stated that the embassy is likely to host the local server of XKeyscore, an Internet surveillance system. According to a New York Times report
Embassy of the United States, Moscow
Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Moscow
New Zealand signals intelligence agency
Herald that the GCSB was using the NSA's internet mass surveillance system XKeyscore to intercept email communications from several leading Solomon Islands
Government Communications Security Bureau
Government_Communications_Security_Bureau
wrote. 2009 OIG report on STELLARWIND Extracts from reports relating to XKeyscore. One entitled "Tales from the Land of Brothers Grimm" and others detailing
Global surveillance by category
Global_surveillance_by_category
Foreign intelligence agency of Germany
Snowden Reactions Systems List of government mass surveillance projects XKeyscore PRISM ECHELON Sentient Carnivore Dishfire Stone Ghost Tempora Frenchelon
Federal_Intelligence_Service
Term used by the National Security Agency
collected by Upstream programs can be processed and searched through the XKEYSCORE indexing and analysing system. According to former and current US government
Upstream_collection
about $170 million between 2011 and 2013. The program started in 1992. XKeyscore is implemented in the program's architecture. The partner countries are
RAMPART-A
Mass surveillance program run by the NSA
was referring in the context of the foregoing quotes to the NSA program XKeyscore. Shortly after publication of the reports by The Guardian and The Washington
PRISM
2014 documentary film by Laura Poitras
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Citizenfour
Snowden Reactions Systems List of government mass surveillance projects XKeyscore PRISM ECHELON Sentient Carnivore Dishfire Stone Ghost Tempora Frenchelon
Reactions to global surveillance disclosures
Reactions_to_global_surveillance_disclosures
Crash reporting technology
source, Microsoft crash reports are automatically harvested in NSA's XKeyscore database, in order to facilitate such operations. Winqual Dr. Watson (debugger)
Windows_Error_Reporting
a number of these older global surveillance programs such as PRISM, XKeyscore, and Tempora were referenced in the 2013 release of thousands of documents
Origins of global surveillance
Origins_of_global_surveillance
Part of Terrorist Surveillance Program
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NSA warrantless surveillance (2001–2007)
NSA_warrantless_surveillance_(2001–2007)
France's external intelligence agency
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Directorate General for External Security
Directorate_General_for_External_Security
Signals intelligence collection and analysis network
surveillance remained in operation. Ambinder, Marc (31 July 2013). "What's XKEYSCORE?". The Week. Archived from the original on 30 January 2014. Retrieved
ECHELON
United States and German surveillance collaboration
made. Of these 500 million datasets, 180 million were captured using XKeyscore. Austrian member of parliament Peter Pilz described the operation as "the
Operation_Eikonal
Collective impact of Edward Snowden leaks
agency's data collection program, a surveillance metadata collection, and XKeyscore, which supplies federated search capabilities for all NSA databases. Since
Snowden_effect
beginning June 5, 2013 revealed Internet surveillance programs such as PRISM, XKeyscore, and Tempora, as well as the interception of US and European telephone
Global surveillance whistleblowers
Global_surveillance_whistleblowers
US secret internet surveillance program
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OAKSTAR
Controversial US intelligence facility under construction in Wiesbaden
political spectrum are highly critical of American espionage programmes like XKeyscore or ECHELON. Security experts in Germany calculated that by the year 2000
Consolidated Intelligence Center
Consolidated_Intelligence_Center
Internal investigation by the Danish Defence Intelligence Service
minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. This was done through the use of the NSA's XKeyscore computer system, which probed data travelling through underwater internet
Operation_Dunhammer
Form of surveillance, such as wiretapping
privacy-enhancing software tools such as Tor. A leaked document revealed that for the XKeyscore program, using languages that are out of place for the region one is in
Targeted_surveillance
American technology magazine
and e-pub platforms. In early July 2014 it was revealed that the NSA's XKeyscore program targeted readers of Linux Journal as part of targeting people
Linux_Journal
American computer scientist
disclosure of the rules guiding the operation of XKeyscore, the NSA's collection system, given XKeyscore's targeting of Tor Project onion servers, including
Roger_Dingledine
American whistleblower (1945–2025)
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Mark_Klein
US mass detection program
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Total_Information_Awareness
Royal Australian Navy base
reported to be a major contributor to the U.S. National Security Agency's XKeyscore surveillance program. As of December 2024[update], the commander of the
HMAS_Harman
Code name of a decryption program run by the NSA
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Bullrun_(decryption_program)
Australian signals intelligence agency
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Australian Signals Directorate
Australian_Signals_Directorate
Joint UK and USA surveillance program
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MUSCULAR
Industry
Snowden Reactions Systems List of government mass surveillance projects XKeyscore PRISM ECHELON Sentient Carnivore Dishfire Stone Ghost Tempora Frenchelon
Mass_surveillance_industry
DARPA division overseeing the "Total Information Awareness" program
Snowden Reactions Systems List of government mass surveillance projects XKeyscore PRISM ECHELON Sentient Carnivore Dishfire Stone Ghost Tempora Frenchelon
Information_Awareness_Office
Signals intelligence-gathering facility in Northern Territory, Australia
to the U.S. National Security Agency's surveillance program codenamed XKeyscore. As of 2005, the Shoal Bay Receiving Station operated 17 antennas. While
Shoal_Bay_Receiving_Station
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Litigation over global surveillance
Litigation_over_global_surveillance
2020 court case on NSA telephone surveillance
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United_States_v._Moalin
United States Army installation
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Fort_Meade
Intelligence agency
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Canadian Security Intelligence Service
Canadian_Security_Intelligence_Service
German civil servant and lawyer (born 1962)
collected by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution via XKeyscore to the NSA. In June 2016, he questioned whether Edward Snowden was working
Hans-Georg_Maaßen
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Sentry_Eagle
NSA intelligence gathering project
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ThinThread
NSA Room 641A Narus (company) Equation group Tailored Access Operations XKeyscore PRISM (surveillance program) Stuxnet Carnivore (software) The securing
List of cybersecurity information technologies
List_of_cybersecurity_information_technologies
July 20, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2014. "Menwith Hill Station Leverages XKeyscore for Quantum Against Yahoo and Hotmail". The Intercept. March 12, 2014
TURBINE (US government project)
TURBINE_(US_government_project)
US government surveillance program
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Trailblazer_Project
United States law
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FISA of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008
FISA_of_1978_Amendments_Act_of_2008
Unsanctioned or illegal monitoring of a person or group
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Surveillance_abuse
government, Maaßen had agreed to transfer all data collected by the BfV via XKeyscore to the NSA. In addition, the BfV has been working very closely with eight
Mass surveillance in the United States
Mass_surveillance_in_the_United_States
to the servers of major internet companies. The surveillance program XKeyscore, was exposed as well, which provided agents with the ability to search
List_of_NSA_controversies
program in cooperation with American telecommunications company AT&T XKeyscore, a secret NSA computer system for searching and analyzing global Internet
Digital_Network_Intelligence
Domestic spying partnership between AT&T and the NSA
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Fairview (surveillance program)
Fairview_(surveillance_program)
Former NSA senior executive, military veteran, and whistleblower (born 1957)
Databases, tools etc. PINWALE MARINA Main Core MAINWAY TRAFFICTHIEF DISHFIRE XKeyscore ICREACH BOUNDLESSINFORMANT GCHQ collaboration MUSCULAR Tempora Legislation
Thomas_A._Drake
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List of government mass surveillance projects
List_of_government_mass_surveillance_projects
Former U.S. intelligence official and cryptoanalyst; whistleblower (born 1943)
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William Binney (intelligence official)
William_Binney_(intelligence_official)
System software that report crash details
source, Microsoft crash reports are automatically harvested in NSA's XKeyscore database, in order to facilitate such operations. Another error reporting
Crash_reporter
Former Director of the United States National Security Agency
American people with FISA-approved surveillance programs, such as PRISM and XKeyscore. On 16 October 2013, it was publicly announced that Alexander and his
Keith_B._Alexander
Database query tool used by NSA
presentation (not fully legible) 2013 mass surveillance disclosures PRISM XKeyscore "NSA slides explain the PRISM data-collection program". The Washington
Unified_Targeting_Tool
American whistleblower (born 1947)
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Perry_Fellwock
Monitoring of computer or network activity
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Computer and network surveillance
Computer_and_network_surveillance
National Security Agency surveillance operation
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Project_MINARET
Big data analysis and visualization tool used by the NSA
telephony (green bars) data, the bottom center chart mentions two SIGADs and the most important "tech" in the bottom right section is the XKeyscore program.
Boundless_Informant
US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals case (2011)
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Jewel v. National Security Agency
Jewel_v._National_Security_Agency
Canadian cryptologic agency
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Communications Security Establishment
Communications_Security_Establishment
Concept in cryptography
The Intercept. Retrieved 2025-10-20. Greenwald, Glenn (2013-07-31). "XKeyscore: NSA tool collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'". The
Custom_hardware_attack
Internet surveillance program
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STORMBREW
Network run by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency
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Stone_Ghost
Dutch Internet service provider
Commons Official website Schneier on NSA Targets Snowden Leaks on NSA Digital Surveillance Panorama on XKEYSCORE Archived 2014-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
XS4ALL
Classified catalog of hacking tools by the NSA
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ANT_catalog
Intelligence activities in the US
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President's Surveillance Program
President's_Surveillance_Program
of the NSA's global analytical system XKeyscore. Among the numerous allied facilities contributing to XKeyscore are four installations in Australia and
Timeline of Snowden disclosures
Timeline_of_Snowden_disclosures
Intelligence program (2009–2014)
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MYSTIC
including the USA PATRIOT Act, section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, PRISM, XKEYSCORE, and more, connecting the NSA’s dragnet with FBI and local police surveillance"
Library_Freedom_Project
XKEYSCORE
XKEYSCORE
XKEYSCORE
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Girl/Female
Australian, French, Latin
Strong; Form of Valerie
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Name of a king.
Boy/Male
Australian, Irish
Prince
Boy/Male
Irish
Healer.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly southwestern)
English (mainly southwestern) : variant of Pitt, with the addition of man.German (Pitmann) : variant of Pittmann (see Pittman).Dutch : variant of Putman 2.
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Lebanese, Marathi, Muslim, Tamil
Always Successful; Prosperous; The Successful One
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Servant of the Powerful (Allah)
Boy/Male
Muslim
Selfless
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived in a marsh (see Marsh).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Barlett.
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XKEYSCORE
XKEYSCORE
XKEYSCORE
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