SSO Expands PRISM Skype Targeting Capability

Document Date: April 3, 2012
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Agency: Press
Document Type: Internal NSA Documents/Presentations
Records Collected: Internet Metadata, Financial Records, Internet Content, Address Books

NSA memo explains the agency's ability to collect Skype data regardless of how the user logs in. Prior to this, the NSA could only collect data from users who used their Skype username to log in.