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A covert illegal mass surveillance program is a lot different than a judge approved wiretap on a specific person based on reasonable suspicion. There were lite
by mrep 8y ago
A covert illegal mass surveillance program is a lot different than a judge approved wiretap on a specific person based on reasonable suspicion. There were literally only 3,168 approved wiretaps in 2016 [0] and as my other comment mentioned, it has even been used to catch politicians of illegal activity [1].
[0]: http://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/wiretap-report-2016 http://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/wiretap-report-20...
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18104461 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18104461
- realusername 8y agoI don't see any way to keep those ones and to restrict the mass surveillance in the same time. These few lawful interceptions are not doing enough good to me to counter-balance the availability of the mass surveillance programs. So that's why I argue about shutting off interception as much as possible technically.
- mamon 8y agoYou mean 3,168 across the US? Poland is like 9 times smaller population and we had 6402 approved wiretaps in 2017.