Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
The NSA is no longer using its bulk metadata program to get phone information on everyday Americans. The program shut down earlier this morning as part of the USA Freedom Act which Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed over the summer. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden is pretty pleased the program’s over and done with. Not everyone agrees the USA Freedom Act went far enough. Michigan Congressman Justin Amash wrote on Facebook in May how the law instead requires phone companies to keep the data and the government can ask for certain terms. Rand Paul expressed similar concerns when he took to the Senate floor in May for a talk-a-thon which briefly let the PATRIOT Act expire. His annoyance was over a decision by Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to not allow any amendments to the bill, which may have strengthened privacy. Paul has a point because there is concern the government could just plug in “Verizon” or “AT&T” into the search terms and collect data there. There seems to be a bit of a discrepancy on the issue, with Reason magazine suggesting that isn’t the case. The USA Freedom Act text itself seems vague, but obviously satisfied enough in […]
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