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DHS had access to messages from Portland protesters, document shows
- Y-Bopinator 6y agoWe need to use encrypted messaging so they can’t stop us from conspiring to firebomb the courthouse and kill the police.
- bladegash 6y agoI am not going to comment on the propriety of conducting these activities. However, it appears they had access to electronic communications that were publicly available/accessible. This is akin to viewing someone's non-private Facebook profile and/or Twitter account. By the headline of this article, I had access to their communications too! It has been well established that the 4th Amendment does not apply to when there is no reasonable expectation of privacy. Legalities aside, I would be concerned about how that information is used/what is done with it.
- refurb 6y agohad neither collected nor exploited or analyzed information obtained from the devices or accounts of protesters or detainees I'm assuming this is just carefully chosen words - "from the devices or accounts". If the DHS has someone undercover who asked and got permission to join the Telegram group, then the DHS could say "we didn't collect or analyze data from the devices or accounts".