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That isn't the point of having laws to cover this stuff. It is to make it so the intercepted information can not be freely used and/or shared. The laws also ena
by upofadown 8y ago
That isn't the point of having laws to cover this stuff. It is to make it so the intercepted information can not be freely used and/or shared. The laws also enable whistle blowers.
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoIn theory. In practice if they want to get you they'll use parallel construction.
- chiefalchemist 8y agoAgreed. Considering this is coming so longer after the Snowden revelations I have to believe it means some sort of Plan B has been sorted out and Congress has gotten the okay to outlaw what is soon to be obsolete.
- tremon 8y agoYes. The cynic in me immediately concluded after reading the headline: "then either the UK's or Australia's hoovering apparatus is finally up to spec, and the NSA can get the data from them".
- chiefalchemist 8y agoYes. I'm presuming there's some sort of off-shore component to Plan B. It's not illegal if you're outside the law.
- jancsika 8y agoYou're depending on undefined behavior of the term "you". For example, if "you" means the singular poster then you are correct and your comment is a truism. However, if "you" means the citizenry then the cost of parallel construction at scale clearly exceeds the cost of using the mass collection program currently under discussion. Edit: clarification
- fwsgonzo 8y agoThat may have been true at one point ... but is that still the case now? What about 5-10 years from now, with additional IoT devices.