"Supercharged Spying Provision Buried In 'Terrifying' FISA 702 Reauthorization".
Through a seemingly innocuous change to the definition of “electronic communications surveillance provider,” an amendment offered by House intel committee (HPSCI) leaders and passed by the House vastly expands the universe of entities that can be compelled to assist the NSA.
If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored—such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc. That sweeps in an enormous range of U.S. businesses that provide wifi to their customers and therefore have access to equipment on which communications transit. Barber shops, laundromats, fitness centers, hardware stores, dentist’s offices… the list goes on and on.
Even this Democrat gets it:
This bill represents one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history. I will do everything in my power to stop it from passing in the Senate. https://t.co/SAtcvDh1PD
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) April 12, 2024
5 comments:
Don't worry, the Executive branch and the Judicial branch are there to protect us from things like this, right?
Right?
Don't forget the Supreme Court rman.
John Roberts totally has our backs!
John Roberts totally has our backs!
You mean like that backwoods pig fancier in Deliverance?
I was thinking more of how the senate had Julius Caesar's back.
For storing their knives.
It still has to get through the Senate. Which doesn't fill me with confidence.
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