The Patriot Act is being upgraded

[StarKenzie]

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The US Senate has already approved a reauthorization of the infamous Patriot Act, which is due to be renewed this week. However, the Senate also considered adding several amendments. Hearing sessions and voting was scheduled for this Wednesday. Senators Steve Daines and Ron Wyden offered an Amendment. Albeit consisting only of several lines, this amendment would have prevented authorities from warrantless collection of browsing history logs. Sadly, they were one vote short of the required 60 to pass the Amendment.

This means the final version is going to be passed without this amendment, which is bad news for your privacy. The authorities won’t even need probable cause – suspicion will be more than enough to get your online history.

To make matters worse, the law is vague enough to allow just about anything to be labeled as suspicious activity. In effect, the FBI will be within its rights contacting your ISP, demanding your browsing history without any evidence. That data can also potentially be stored in their data centers and used against you in the future. This is a step towards a police state.

 

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[Burrito]

Senate vote allows FBI access to your browsing history without a warrant

Why it matters: The US has just voted to allow the FBI and other security agencies to access American citizens’ web histories without requiring a warrant. Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Steve Daines (R-MT) were trying to install privacy protections into the Patriot Act, but the amendment failed...

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Already discussed here --

But yeah, the worldwide movement toward authoritarianism is, uh........ not good.

We should all do what we can to try to nudge our own governments away from the dictatorial leanings of some.

The rise of the populist authoritarians

Elites must consider their responsibility for the worldwide resurgence of strongmen

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Democracy in Retreat

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[CyberTech]

What's next you'll be afraid to post anything online fearing you'll be investigated........................

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