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If I understand this correctly, a local policeman can now apply for access to anyone's internet and phone call history. So if a policeman is having a bad day wh
by ccvannorman 10y ago
If I understand this correctly, a local policeman can now apply for access to anyone's internet and phone call history. So if a policeman is having a bad day when you bump into him on the street, you're an application away from that policeman uncovering every tiny detail of your private life.
Murica!
- fisherjeff 10y agoNo, not quite: "It can only be for foreign intelligence, or other enumerated purposes. So it’s not that those agencies will just be able to see whatever they want – it’s that they will be able to request, with particular justifications, access to more raw signals intelligence than they had before."
- gabyar 10y agoYou don't understand correctly. That's not even remotely what the article said.
- opless 10y agoThe UK also.
- jimnotgym 10y agoThe difference in the UK is that just about every government agency you can think of, including the 'Food Standards Agency'(!!), can look into your browsing history without having to apply to anyone. Presumably the Food Standards people have a role in preventing terrorism that is not clear to the rest of us.