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Because the NSA would rather use the data for more important things, like terrorism, war, and espionage of foreign governments. Even if just for public percepti
by beering 13y ago
Because the NSA would rather use the data for more important things, like terrorism, war, and espionage of foreign governments. Even if just for public perception, I don't think anybody, NSA included, really wants the NSA to use its dragnet surveillance to prevent people from downloading DVD rips of Avatar.
- digitalengineer 13y agoTrue, but this went all the way up to the vice-president. I don't think anybody, NSA included, really want the vice-president to use his powers to prevent people from downloading DVD rips of Avatar...
- snowwrestler 13y agoFederal agencies are limited by the scope of their mission. The scope of the NSA's mission is defense, not criminal investigation and prosecution. And even if the NSA did collect the info, it's not clear that they could do so in a way that would allow it to be admissible in a federal court--making it effectively useless.
- oijaf888 13y agoExcept hasn't the NSA provided information to bust very small levels of drug dealing via parallel construction? Why wouldn't they help out in taking down someone who is causing a problem for a multi billion dollar industry?