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If you thought it was bad in 1975, wait until you learn about the patriot act, FISA courts, and FVEYS!
by ed25519FUUU 6y ago
If you thought it was bad in 1975, wait until you learn about the patriot act, FISA courts, and FVEYS!
- dragonwriter 6y agoThere weren't “FISA courts” before the revelations in the 1970s because there was no judicial oversight or legal limits with penalties applied to surveillance by the national security apparatus at all. FISA, the courts it created, and the criminalization of domestic surveillance outside of specified limitations were part of the backlash against the abuses that were revealed in the mid-1970s.
- ed25519FUUU 6y agoI miss the days when “wiretapping” someone literally required you to physically tap into a wire. It’s so much easier to do it now.