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.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14393091
NSA ’just days from taking over the internet’ warns Edward Snowden
As if the NSA ever needed legal permission to do whatever the hell they wanted anyway.
That's the fun part about power and secrecy. It like when the director lied before Congress.
Why isn't he posting on fediverse?
Who says he isn't with a personal/private account and uses the public persona twitter one for the reach. As shitty as twitter is its still the gravitational center for bursting news.
He likely doesn't want to get too involved with social media. Stuff easily consumes you. Twitter is just good to reach out to people, which is kinda bad that Twitter got that big.
Because he wants people to see what he has to say.
It's a good question. Anyone have answers that aren't so obviously wrong?
Someone on twitter could ask him. "Unfortunately" I have no account anymore.
SCARY HEADLINE--- oh. It's just the US again. Not literally the whole internet.
Good thing that all of the giant monolithic internet companies that the NSA will be using for surveillance are used exclusively by Americans. The NSA isn't interested in foreign intel anyway. /s
They already have, and they can do it in secret and hold people without trial. Once you give someone power, it's hard to take it away.
Who tabled this bill, and who is supporting it?
The NSA and the NSA
... no? I was asking a serious question.
If Senator Ron Wyden is against it, I’m against it. He seems to take the side of the people pretty consistently.
Google was faster.
This is such a bad idea. I'm sure it will make its way onto the "must pass" list.
Don’t worry this will never work.
Yeah, just like hoping the Patriot Act would go away worked out well for us.
Internet is different, it is impossible to control. Sure they can make it harder but to 100% control - good luck.