tmahfan117 t1_iuj6uve wrote on October 31, 2022 at 6:59 PM

Reply to comment by tpb772000 in eli5 What came of Edward Snowden leaking all of that classified intel? by tpb772000

Nothing drastic changed, no, is the CIA and/or NSA still harvesting American’s data? Almost certainly.

tpb772000 OP t1_iuj6z98 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:00 PM

Gotcha, thank you.

limpingdba t1_iujdp6t wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:45 PM

They basically just imposed a load of legislation to make it actually legal, provided it was done under certain circumstances, and also by essentially spying on other allied country's people and sharing the information as part of the "Five Eyes". UK passed the "snoopers charter" and the US passed the "patriots act" and all of a sudden its now legal and they don't have to tell you anything about it.