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I find it suspicious that legislators are jumping at this, even via bipartisan effort, while stuff like stingrays, CBP seizing and storing American's phone data
by maximinus_thrax 3y ago
I find it suspicious that legislators are jumping at this, even via bipartisan effort, while stuff like stingrays, CBP seizing and storing American's phone data, mass surveillance from various three letter agencies are only triggering small bouts of outrage in the news.
In today's world, I'm not even sure if I even care what the USPS does with my mail, I do most if not all of my stuff digitally (exceptions are stuff like license plates/registration which the state already knows about) so I wonder if legislators will finally tackle digital surveillance say 50 years from now?
- aio2 3y agoI think it's probably meant to show that they "care" about your privacy.
- 13of40 3y agoOf course. Email, SMS, Twitter, and whatever aren't "papers" in a 4th Amendment sense. Fred Meyer coupon circulars on the other hand...we need to circle the wagons for those.
- 15155 3y agoThe First Amendment covers the internet, and poll taxes were found to be illegal... but somehow folks argue the Second Amendment doesn't cover modern firearms and that taxes on these are completely OK.
- umeshunni 3y agoWhile not actually effecting the things that matter.
- stevehawk 3y agoNow that someone has convinced Americans that mail-in voter fraud is real, they would like to commit the actual fraud to retain power.
- runsWphotons 3y ago[flagged]
- egberts1 3y agodragnets, not magnets. Perhaps?
- rustymonday 3y agoIt might have to do with the fact that most of Congress is old and understands the mail system, but not so much digital communications.
- boomboomsubban 3y ago>that legislators are jumping at this They signed a strongly worded letter. Saying that's "jumping at this" seems generous. It probably won't take fifty years for them to do a completely pointless thing about digital surveillance.
- pavon 3y agoEight out of 100 senators signed this letter, and at least some of the ones I recognize have consistently opposed stingrays, CBP abuse, and mass surveillance. So this is business as usual, unless they can convince 43 others do something about it.
- verall 3y agoThey'll need 52 others to break the filibuster
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