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FBI Wants Authority To Filter Net Backbone

Posted by kdawson on from the say-please dept.

Dionysius, God of Wine and Leaf, writes "There are places where criminal activity is centralized: the backbone hubs located in hosting facilities across the country. All of the Internet's activity, legal and illegal, flows through these 'choke points,' and the feds, of course, are already tapping those points and siphoning off data. What Mueller wants is the legal authority to comb through the backbone data, which is already being siphoned off by the NSA, in order to look for illegal activity."

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  1. What If... by FurtiveGlancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if their combing leads me to a brush with the law? It could get hairy....

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  2. FY. by Pahroza · · Score: 4, Funny

    I for one DO NOT welcome our evil packet sniffing overlords.

  3. Re:Next on his list by gstoddart · · Score: 4, Funny

    The legal authority to block anything he can't read.

    What, like French? Or just something tedious like Stephen King? ;-)

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  4. Out smart em-thay... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny
    What Mueller wants is the legal authority to comb through the backbone data...

    e'll-Way ust-jay se-uay ode-cay.

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  5. Re:Rule of Law. by FredFredrickson · · Score: 4, Funny

    Try something new. Vote the Party out of office. That would be the first step. I've been trying since 2000! Hasn't worked yet. Maybe it's because on our new voting machine we have two options: Vote Republican, or "Button out-of-order"
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