One of the Most Controversial US Spy Programs Just Got Quietly Renewed::Congress blew a rare bipartisan chance to protect Americans’ calls and texts.

  • Chaotic Entropy
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    411 months ago

    Is it a loophole? Anything sent to the foreign target regardless of origin is a message they received and will be captured, surely.

    If an American texts “it’s terrierism time” to someone being tapped, how much of an expectation of privacy would there be.

    • @XeroxCool
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      211 months ago

      “loophole” is a link in the article to https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/one-of-the-most-controversial-us-spy-programs-just-got-quietly-renewed/

      As I understand it, there’s really two loopholes. One is that they can scoop communications in either direction from the particular communication in question, so could be American to American or foreign to foreign. The other loophe is all of this is put into a database that other agencies can access without a warrant, meaning your domestic communications are freely available.

      They’re covering their eyes but peeking between their fingers.

    • @NeoNachtwaechter
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      11 months ago

      This shouldn’t be about any “expectation” at all.

      Only about some three letter services clowns overstepping their boundaries and misusing their powers and their funds.