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I don't think its particularly reasonable to expect "emergency powers" to be anything other than nigh blanket authorization because, well, in such a situation t
by Spivak 3y ago
I don't think its particularly reasonable to expect "emergency powers" to be anything other than nigh blanket authorization because, well, in such a situation they'll do it anyway and this is at least honest about it.
"Oh shit a journalist is leaking our military's <sensitive data> which might actually affect the war -- track them down, you have full operational discretion."
No government official is even going to consider the minutia of the law before issuing an order.
- hulitu 3y agoThey tracked journalists before even without the excuse of a war. Nothing will stop them now.
- jruohonen 3y agoI am not sure whether this example is a good one. While you can probably do interception and the like in a moment's notice, planting an implant is a different thing. As zero-click exploits are still rare, you need a spear phishing campaign or the like, meaning that a person is already likely under surveillance.