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300 sponsors? There is something else in that bill they want, I assure you.
by ck2 11y ago
300 sponsors? There is something else in that bill they want, I assure you.
- zmanian 11y agoThis bill was extremely close to becoming law in 2013 before Snowden. The nice thing that happened in the meantime is we got a stronger law passed in California that applied to all digital service customer information and not just messages. We think what the Intel Community wants in this bills is a PRISM like program for UK law enforcement and GCHQ. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-british-want-to-come-to-america--with-wiretap-orders-and-search-warrants/2016/02/04/b351ce9e-ca86-11e5-a7b2-5a2f824b02c9_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-b...
- mtgx 11y agoECPA already has "emergency" carve-outs in it, when a warrant is not required. If it's not restricted, it could easily be as abused as the NSLs are. At the very least a judge should be able to retrospectively review the law enforcement request and all the data they got (and the company itself should have evidence of all of this as well).
- rayiner 11y agoRead it yourself, it's like 6 pages: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/699/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/699/...
- mhurron 11y agoPlenty of time for riders to get attached.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoThen we watch it all the way through.
- ck2 11y agoOr an anonymous hold that never ends.