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| NSA sketches explain user data: can you do better? | NSA sketches explain user data: can you do better? |
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| New revelations that NSA had broken into Google and Yahoo datacenters have led to a fresh line of questioning for NSA chief Keith Alexander, but it was the slide published alongside the story that caused particular fury. | New revelations that NSA had broken into Google and Yahoo datacenters have led to a fresh line of questioning for NSA chief Keith Alexander, but it was the slide published alongside the story that caused particular fury. |
| The diagram sketched by an NSA staffer, on what looks like a Post-It note, shows the point at which it intercepted Google's data transters. There, they drew a smiley emoticon. | The diagram sketched by an NSA staffer, on what looks like a Post-It note, shows the point at which it intercepted Google's data transters. There, they drew a smiley emoticon. |
| As Slate's Will Oremus wrote: | As Slate's Will Oremus wrote: |
| The smiley face might seem like a harmless quirk, but it’s more than that. It’s an indication that the NSA's agents did not regret having to break into major American corporations’ systems and steal their data. They relished it. | The smiley face might seem like a harmless quirk, but it’s more than that. It’s an indication that the NSA's agents did not regret having to break into major American corporations’ systems and steal their data. They relished it. |
| Naturally, as well as the serious howls of protest, the drawing spwaned an internet meme. | Naturally, as well as the serious howls of protest, the drawing spwaned an internet meme. |
| The NSA's guide to papal spying | The NSA's guide to papal spying |
| A gem from Berkman Center fellow Ryan Budish, and our inspiration for this post: | A gem from Berkman Center fellow Ryan Budish, and our inspiration for this post: |
| Very good one by @budish: New NSA doc explains Papal spying! pic.twitter.com/Q0YdGOipTS | Very good one by @budish: New NSA doc explains Papal spying! pic.twitter.com/Q0YdGOipTS |
| Further inspiration was provided by Twitter's personal photoshop comedian @Darth: | Further inspiration was provided by Twitter's personal photoshop comedian @Darth: |
| And then the Guardian US newsroom struck out on its own. | And then the Guardian US newsroom struck out on its own. |
| The NSA guide to Halloween | The NSA guide to Halloween |
| This effort by US social news editor Katie Rogers, who is really tired of reading thinkpieces about the evils of candy corn. (By the way, it's delicious.) | This effort by US social news editor Katie Rogers, who is really tired of reading thinkpieces about the evils of candy corn. (By the way, it's delicious.) |
| The NSA guide to the debt ceiling | The NSA guide to the debt ceiling |
| Courtesy of Guardian US finance and economics editor Heidi Moore, who has been waiting for the opportunity to make art out of the never-ending debt ceiling debate: | Courtesy of Guardian US finance and economics editor Heidi Moore, who has been waiting for the opportunity to make art out of the never-ending debt ceiling debate: |
| The NSA guide to Santa Claus | The NSA guide to Santa Claus |
| From Guardian US assistant news editor Erin McCann, apparently tired of holiday story planning already. | From Guardian US assistant news editor Erin McCann, apparently tired of holiday story planning already. |
| The NSA guide to Lena Dunham | The NSA guide to Lena Dunham |
| From US community coordinator Ruth Spencer, who didn't want to be the one to tell you this, but Girls is over. | From US community coordinator Ruth Spencer, who didn't want to be the one to tell you this, but Girls is over. |
| The NSA guide to romcoms | The NSA guide to romcoms |
| Another one from Heidi Moore, office romantic. | Another one from Heidi Moore, office romantic. |
| The NSA guide to Twitter | |
| Courtesy of our US finance and economics intern Jana Kasperkevic, who NSAsplains Twitter's IPO. | |
| Can you do better? Here's the template. | Can you do better? Here's the template. |
| We'll display your best creations on the Guardian. Tweet us @GuardianUS or post a link to your creation in the comments below. | We'll display your best creations on the Guardian. Tweet us @GuardianUS or post a link to your creation in the comments below. |
| The NSA guide to bronies | The NSA guide to bronies |
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