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> The NSA, for instance, no longer requires probable cause to intercept a person’s phone calls, text messages or emails within the United States as long as one
by wisty 14y ago
> The NSA, for instance, no longer requires probable cause to intercept a person’s phone calls, text messages or emails within the United States as long as one party to the communications is “reasonably” believed to be outside the United States.
Does that mean anything publicly viewable (like this comment) or anything which is broadcast to a large group (like, something that your Facebook friends can see - you can "reasonably" assume one of them is overseas) then it's fair game?
- fleitz 14y agoIf you post something publicly then no one needs a warrant, not your local police, not the state, and certainly not the NSA. This is about private communications which would normally require a warrant to intercept.
- fragsworth 14y agoI don't think this falls under "phone calls, text messages, or emails". But anything publicly accessible is, and has always been available to law enforcement to use however they wish (as it probably should be)
- ryegye24 14y agoI think one of the biggest problems is that no one who is involved in collecting the information is willing or able to answer that question.
- mleonhard 14y agoThe Stored Communications Act allows arbitrary copying of most private emails and messages that are stored on a third-party server. See https://ssd.eff.org/book/export/html/41 https://ssd.eff.org/book/export/html/41