The Data Centers for the NSA Are Massive

question 7

Multiple Choice

The data centers for the NSA are massive. What did President Obama announce to deal with it?

• A) President Obama announced that there will be no more data collection as it is interfering with the privacy of citizens.
• B) It was announced that we will have a program that creates a profile on everyone in the world to track down associates of terrorists which may be terrorists themselves.
• C) He announced a project on "data mining" for big data, since storing so much data is impossible to go through.
• D) The NSA is going to build a data center in every state in the United States.

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Random access memory that’s included as part of a video card.

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