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Russia’s planned surveillance on Winter Olympics makes NSA look puny

If you think you’re being monitored now, you’re not experiencing anywhere near what athletes will face at the Moscow Winter Olympics. It’s “Prism on steroids” and ALL communications will be monitored.

Athletes and spectators attending the Winter Olympics in Sochi in February will face some of the most invasive and systematic spying and surveillance in the history of the Games, documents shared with the Guardian show.

Russia’s powerful FSB security service plans to ensure that no communication by competitors or spectators goes unmonitored during the event, according to a dossier compiled by a team of Russian investigative journalists looking into preparations for the 2014 Games.

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Connor Livingston is a tech blogger who will be launching his own site soon, Lythyum. He lives in Oceanside, California, and has never surfed in his life. Find him on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

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