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To what extent do we know whether the same thing is happening in other countries? Do modern democracies tend to have laws that protect the public from this sort
by Myrmornis 13y ago
To what extent do we know whether the same thing is happening in other countries? Do modern democracies tend to have laws that protect the public from this sort of indiscriminate surveillance?
- marshray 13y ago> To what extent do we know whether the same thing is happening in other countries? In many countries there is a single national telco which is by law or in practice a branch of the government. > Do modern democracies tend to have laws that protect the public from this sort of indiscriminate surveillance? Yes, to me this is a defining characteristic of a modern democracy. But they all have a process by which governmental authorities can bypass those protections in specific circumstances such as criminal investigations. This takes the form a court order or a subpoena. This document appears to be a blanket grant, by a court, of a near-real-time data pipe with no specificity whatsoever.