NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden
NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden
The National Security Agency could be given expansive new surveillance powers under a proposed change to the FISA 702 bill — slated for a vote on April 19.
Collect this article as NFT, wtf??? Sorry, I am not sure I can trust that site on anything now.
My immediate reaction was the same. I don’t trust the NSA at all, but I’m certainly not going to trust anything this site says when it’s shilling the article as an NFT.
OP actually posts a lot of sources, but it's probably a bot.
I have seen more than few accounts that soley post this website though. It's obvious all their articles are fearmongering to encourage crypto.
What does it even mean to collect it as an nft?!
Nothing, really.
It means you get a little certificate.
That says you own the article.
But you can't edit it.
But you can show it to your friends.
But not if the site is down.
But the resale is gonna be like, whoa~
Maybe $50 less than you paid for it.
But the sentimentality is worth it.
You should definitely get two.
The bill in question is H.R. 7888: Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act: To reform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
The concerning section of the text of the bill in question.
Elizabeth Goitein's claims are not correct as the amendment is more narrowly defined than she has claimed. But the amendment is still overly broad and an inappropriate overreach of government surveillance.
Elizabeth Goitein is Co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice.
FYI, the article got the date of the House vote incorrect (it was Friday April 12, not Saturday April 13).
For those who refuse to read a little bit. The bill says what Goitein has posted. However it also includes a number of exclusions to those conditions.
Those exceptions being:
a public accommodation facility
a dwelling, as that term is defined in section 802 of the Fair Housing Act
a community facility, as that term is defined in section 315 of the Defense Housing and Community Facilities and Services Act of 1951
a food service establishment, as that term is defined in section 281 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638)
So, this excludes places people live, community provided facilities to access the internet, and any other publicly provided internet point of access, and places that serve food, like starbuck's wifi.
It is still overly broad, to say the least. Personally I am of the opinion that organizations like the NSA already operate in such a manner without impunity as it is and we are just slowly bringing the law up to speed.
Anyone remember when China routed the whole internet through their country for like nine minutes?
I was curious and looked it up and apparently it was way longer than nine minutes (more like two and half years), if this is what you're referencing. Crazy.
I think they’re taking about accidental incidents like this one, but that is also a very interesting find.
If the NSA is just days away from taking over the internet, then I wonder what is holding them back from doing it now...
The NSA doesn't know if they want to give their AI unfettered access to the internet and its systems.
Judgement Day is upon us.
Judgement Day has already happened, I see it as the day when we created AI tools that could create photorealistic images based on a simple text prompt, it happened when we created AI tools that could not only talk like a human, but a very specific human, and fake it's voice.
Judgement Day was never about a conflict between man and machine, it is about sowing distrust and breaking up friends and family, the tools to call your mom or dad and use your own voice to scam them exists now, the tools to send your mom and dad any kind of photo of you for verification exists today.
Judgement has allready been passed down, another agency messing about with AI now is not the catalyst.
He had my support until he signed himself over to Russia. It may have been his only choice, but what he says doesn't matter one way or the other in my book.
I still support him. I don't blame him for being forced into russia. He gave up a lot to let us know what was going on.
True. He's probably telling the truth about a lot of things, but notice what he doesn't say. He's a smart guy and is not saying certain things to stay on Putin's good side.
He's been in Russia 10 years now. He would probably be out of jail if he had surrendered. Chelsea Manning is already out:
She was sentenced to 35 years at the maximum-security U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth. On January 17, 2017, Obama commuted Manning's sentence to nearly seven years of confinement dating from her arrest in May 2010.
Always cloak a lie in truth.
You shouldn't misrepresent his dire situation. There were sadly no good choices for the man.
He is a hero for his sacrifice, regardless of where he lives.
Yeah. He's 100% compromised. People don't have to hate him or what he did, but once you put yourself totally within a power like Putin, you're effectively dead.
I think For All Mankind also did a great job showing that dilemma in later seasons.
How do you mean? What did he do besides have his passport revoked in Russia?
I'm out of the loop.
Has he made some pro-Putin statements since?
Well, seeing as it's the NSA, they're likely doing this now but working for a more legal possibility.
If they can access your hardware now they fuckin will. They definitely aren't asking for permission... or forgiveness for that matter.
I don't trust him ever since he sided with the Kremlin. Also what is this website...
And, if passed, these tools will fall into the hands of the next president. We're in such a generic Tom Clancy script, it's boring.
It's pretty fucked up how a community about privacy and all the comments are like "I don't believe him he's a russian asset"
It's pretty fucked up how lemmy.ml is absolutely packed full of Kremlin propaganda.
Which days though? because Wednesday is still reserved for my dudes.
why is this such a big deal? they are doing all of this anyways lol.
Because now they're trying to make it legal.
they'll do it anyways
Russian shill says what?
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