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Exactly. This is what Snowden was warning about. There is a single variable (in each program) that determines this expiry date. Today it's set to '5' years.
by toufka 13y ago
Exactly. This is what Snowden was warning about. There is a single variable (in each program) that determines this expiry date. Today it's set to '5' years. But a flip of a (few) bits and that could be 50, or 500. Much like the Mickey Mouse laws. That flipping a bit, he analogizes to 'turn-key' with the result being quite close to tyranny.
- jivatmanx 13y agoThe number is simply based on the cost and convenience of storage. As prices continue to plunge, the length will be indefinite.
- declan 13y agoFirst, the 5 year limit is, if I recall correctly, based on Holder/DOJ's secret interpretation of the law. It's not fixed in statute. It could have changed at any point. Second, Holder signed the secret authorization in July 2009. It hasn't yet been 5 years. The question is whether it's extended by July 2014 or not.
- natermer 13y agoWell he can just sign another secret authorization. Maybe he already has. I am sure that in 5 years the number would be extended to 10 years. And in 15 years it would just be indefinite.
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