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"Mass surveillance was conducted illegally before and continues to this day. Does anyone really think some "law" will change this?" What it changes is whether
by topbanana 9y ago
"Mass surveillance was conducted illegally before and continues to this day. Does anyone really think some "law" will change this?"
What it changes is whether you can be criminally prosecuted based on circumstantial / irrelevant / trumped up evidence.
- Silhouette 9y agoWhat it changes is whether you can be criminally prosecuted based on circumstantial / irrelevant / trumped up evidence. Although that is obviously an improvement, it is of limited benefit if mere suspicion of criminal behaviour (including "terrorism", the current root password to the legal system) is still enough to impose serious extra-judicial restrictions on someone's life, and there are many laws and government mechanisms that provide for that.