Congress renews warrantless digital spying program as part of $886 billion spending bill - eviltoast
  • Ranvier@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    It’s really weird to say, but I agree with Rand Paul on this issue. Found our 1% common ground.

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      1 year ago

      I have no idea what Rand Paul said about this, and if he isn’t agreeing with me on this one, then he’s wrong.

      Edit: Holy shit, he tried to stop the reauthorization of the bill. I can’t believe we are on the same side with this issue.

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        1 year ago

        Makes sense to me. You care about the 4th Amendment right to be secure from unreasonable searches and he cares about keeping all his secret communicatin with his Russian handlers secure from incidental discovery during an unreasonable search.

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          I mean, maybe. But you can aways catch people using traditional surveillance methods to catch shit like that. There is no need to add backdoor spy devices and APIs into every electronic device that is connected to the internet. It’s fucking unnecessary and way extremely over the top big brother, and could lead to some really shit suppression of opposing viewpoints. Just wait until a smart authoritarian person goes and fills trumps shoes, then we’ll really be in trouble.