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A lot of privacy protection has been thrown overboard in the name of the fight against terrorism here in the EU.
by kabes 9y ago
A lot of privacy protection has been thrown overboard in the name of the fight against terrorism here in the EU.
- stevenwoo 9y agoWe've given all that up in the USA with the Patriot Act, though it sounds like the NSA stopped collecting everything in the last couple of years, it's trivial to get a court order to enable it for any individual. The pretension of the FISA court is transparent. https://www.npr.org/2013/06/13/191226106/fisa-court-appears-to-be-rubberstamp-for-government-requests https://www.npr.org/2013/06/13/191226106/fisa-court-appears-...
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoFrench security laws make the PATRIOT Act look like a toy.