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Also, the government already has this capability in place, they can track and bug individuals and groups via telecom networks.
by grey-area 7y ago
Also, the government already has this capability in place, they can track and bug individuals and groups via telecom networks.
- stjohnswarts 7y agoYes but previously they would have needed a law passed to do such monitoring without a warrant, now people are just volunteering it with the drive by apple and google to publically and very openly track who you hang out with, where you're going, where you've been and then enthusiastically sharing it with the government. This is the softening up. Once covid is over in a few months or years they will be like "well look at all the good we can do, now we can use it to track all sorts of diseases, crime patterns, what you had for dinner and how that ties in with your other webs of interaction TO HELP MAKE YOU SAFER"
- grey-area 7y agoIs a rubber stamped warrant which allows mass surveillance really a warrant at all? How many requests has the fisa court denied? Which law allows for warrantless collection of all this data?