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Good stuff, but it kind of bothers me that so much focus is put on the phone surveillance program, when I find the surveillance of private Internet communicatio
by higherpurpose 13y ago
Good stuff, but it kind of bothers me that so much focus is put on the phone surveillance program, when I find the surveillance of private Internet communications so much more damaging, especially since they are also the future of all communications.
- zhemao 13y agoI'm not certain because I'm definitely not a legal expert, but I think this might be because there is more legal precedent that warrant-less phone monitoring is illegal compared to warrant-less IP traffic monitoring. Would anyone with a better understanding of surveillance law care to comment?
- gizmo686 13y agoIf you want a reference point on creating change through the courts, you should look into the civil rights movement. The general idea is that you make cases that you have a good chance of winning, and slowly build up legal precedent. If we tried to protect all internet communications (through the courts), and loose, then that precedent will take a long time to overturn.