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[deleted] t1_iuj6m1b wrote

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tpb772000 OP t1_iuj6q3g wrote

But it goes through a filter and are illegally collecting.

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fhwulala t1_iuj9res wrote

Perfectly legal under the wonderful patriot act.

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Dobber16 t1_iujbcdw wrote

An act that arguably is unconstitutional but few are willing to publicly go after it

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fhwulala t1_iujdds6 wrote

Go after it? Both parties loved it, they voted to extend it a couple of times even.

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Quantum-Bot t1_iujad0v wrote

But the data is stored permanently regardless, so if they ever want to look through it they could, and so could anyone the information is accidentally leaked to. Also, algorithms doing the searching is arguably worse because they are pretty primitive and stupid and yet we’re still giving them the authority to implicate you in a terrorist plot.

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