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So why didn't Apple just take P9?

Apple joined in Oct 2012. It could be that other companies have agreed to join and were allocated those codes, but are not yet up and running as of the date the slides were made. Just speculation. I recall that there was a slide saying "dropbox coming soon", so they are probably working on onboarding other companies.

Perhaps P9 was allocated to a company that is no longer part of the program.

No longer part of the program? Ha!

Companies do go bankrupt or get bought....

With only two characters for the source ID, somebody at the NSA is thinking long term and using more than just digits from now on. Many more providers will come in the future.

Yes, found this interesting too, some P (9,0?) are missing or someone is having fun, PA like 'P Apple' ?

"Think different"?

These slides look to be from the same deck. I wonder if there are more yet to come.

Oh, I'm pretty sure there are.

And though I'm dying to know just how deep the rabbit hole is, I'm thankful that the slides are being steadily released. In today's world I guess that's the only way to grab attention and gain momentum.

It also helps eliminate the credibility of the government and its corporate collaborators when they disclaim participation based on subset x. When subset y, released the next week, points out that they were in fact aware, then the people who are exposed make stupid statements such as the lovely,"We don't spy on US citizens."

I'm wondering what this theatrical sleight of hand is keeping us from seeing elsewhere. We've probably invaded Iran or sent another trillion dollars to the banking industry.

There are a total of 41 slides related to this particular slideshow.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/29/4478572/prism-slides-surve...

It could easily be a typo in the slides, for all we know. Problem is, we do not know just how accurate the information presented in the slides is.

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