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House Passes Bill To Renew NSA Internet Spying Tool (reuters.com)
Dustin Volz, reporting for Reuters: The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency's warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming objections from privacy advocates and confusion prompted by morning tweets from President Donald Trump that initially questioned the spying tool. The legislation, which passed 256-164 and split party lines, is the culmination of a yearslong debate in Congress on the proper scope of U.S. intelligence collection -- one fueled by the 2013 disclosures of classified surveillance secrets by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Senior Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives had urged cancellation of the vote after Trump appeared to cast doubt on the merits of the program, but Republicans forged ahead.
...is watching how long slashdot takes to release one of the twitter "shadowban" stories currently burning up its firehose all morning...
Bullshit. There have been worse stories published without credibility.
Until there are meaningful restrictions and requirements to report "incidental" collections of Americans communications then we know this still law and others are being used for mass surveillance of Americans on American soil.
When congress yet again passes the buck on this law it will be up to the President to step up and order those restrictions and reporting be put into place.
I'm glad I already started encrypting all my traffic due to net neutrality. Now i can just adjust my VPN endpoint server from somewhere in the states to a country that is more privacy friendly
Like yesterday's and the day before's "bricking" stories.
Governments tend to look favorably on laws that give themselves more power.
Don't expect the government to go out of their way to ensure that civilian concerns are recognized, nor to go out of their way to ensure that they don't abuse their own power. It isn't in their nature to do either of these things.
When congress yet again passes the buck on this law it will be up to the President to step up and order those restrictions and reporting be put into place.
Unfortunately one of the few examples of bipartisanship coming out of Washington over the past decade or so has been the continual support for the erosion of Americans' rights in the name of fighting terrorism.
#DeleteChrome
This is EXACTLY why the people *MUST* have access to unbreakable encryption. The government doesn't have any right to know when someone's spouse asks them to pick up milk on their way home!
When congress yet again passes the buck on this law it will be up to the President to step up and order those restrictions and reporting be put into place.
So it's a done deal then. Until the courts step up and find these laws unconstitutional. And since no one can "prove standing", it's a done deal then.
as way to get around encryption.
You wanted it, you got it.
Somewhat encouraging to see President Trump express some push back and to see 183 votes for some reform.
President Trump could easily just order additional reforms himself, or at least order a report on how many Americans are getting their communications swept up without a warrant.
Here is a breakdown of the vote. I wish news outlets would simply provide a link to this and make life easier.
Did the government become this self-serving entity with career politicians (thieves). The days of governing for the people are long fucking gone, no wonder they want a gun grab, these cockers know some people are sick and tired of being fucked out of their hard earned money and liberties.
See how that works.
Much of the opposition came from Democrats, though the vote did produce a striking coalition of conservatives and liberals who backed an alternative that would have imposed stricter protections for Americans whose information got snared in the data dragnet. https://m.washingtontimes.com/...
Sure let's go back to our plan because the Jews are in the crosshairs of God again right?
Fuck both of you dickheads heading for a monolithic planet. You will die first.
Nations=modular. Smart people here figure it out and explain it to idiots. thx
The restrictions are ridiculous to begin to begin with. Snowden told us how this all works, and it's one giant distributed database which is used by everyone in the "5-eyes". Just like you can spy on Canadians, Canadians can spy on you, and all the data ends up in the same place.
That means anyone in the 5 eyes can query the database, and everyone contributes to it.
The real issue here is the database itself existing at this point, not what goes into it.
That's why it passed. The party is worthless to anybody outside the circle.
“He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is prepared to filibuster the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is up for a vote in the House to authorize a six-year extension, in an effort to get warrant requirement for Americans.
“My worry is that they also collect information on millions of Americans, and I don’t want that database to be searched without a warrant,” “I will filibuster and do whatever to stop that,” he added.
In the event that protections were included for U.S. citizens’ private information, Paul said he would support reauthorizing Section 702.
The NSA cant even keep Russia from getting into their shit according to the BBC.
What a GREAT fucking system you guys have there.
Yeah, because he's a master of fine detail, much given to inserting his own riders and line items in the bills he receives.
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Vituperation isn't a fucking word. Stop making shit up.
with strong encryption that works the way it suppose to. Unbreakable.
Except his second tweet said that he didn't support the privacy exceptions and his concern was the ability of government to "unmask" americans colluding with foreign governments.
Don't fool yourself, Trump fully supports this as do most of the Republicans and Democrats. There are a few people on both sides opposing the bill and pushing the privacy protections but if counted by party (which you shouldn't) more Democrats wanted the privacy restrictions than Republicans.
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You can report it the same way the news media reports Trump stories:
"Industry experts are reacting to reports of alleged [...] from anonymous sources who claim to be close to the individuals at the event who also wish to remain anonymous."
Good enough for Pulitzer Prize winning news outlets, good enough for Slashdot.
your thin skin doesn't make me a troll
So senior Twitter engineers specifically describing shadowbanning on video is not a credible source? I know you guys want to model the Soviet Ministry of Truth, but this is really over the top!
He also announced his support for the program 10 minutes after he expressed pushback.
Your ad here. Ask me how!
You voted us in.
We can do whatever the **** we want, to whomever the **** we want, whenever the **** we want!
WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT!
PS. We don't have to censor ourselves whenever we say FUCK!
Is this to force us back to using email mail? Our federal deficit being what it is it would help recreate much needed income.
Next we tax income from yard sales.