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'Eyes Everywhere': Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn (www.vice.com)
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'Eyes Everywhere': Congress Is About to Vote to Expand Mass Surveillance of Americans, Experts Warn::Privacy experts worry that a proposed reform bill would greatly widen how the government can surveil Americans’ digital communications.

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[–] EatYouWell 37 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's been kinda the whole theme of the US lately.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

22+ years isn't what I'd consider "lately"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You might when you’re older

[–] pdxfed 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Kissinger?

[–] JayleneSlide 4 points 11 months ago

Holy hell, they said "older," not "antediluvian." 😆

[–] Squizzy 3 points 11 months ago

Far more than that, they were fighting encryption through the 80s and 90s