Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year ago

Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records

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Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records

Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish • 1 year ago

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A WIRED analysis of leaked police documents verifies that a secretive government program is allowing federal, state, and local law enforcement to access phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime.

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Oh no, as they will clearly explain, it’s not wiretapping if it’s only metadata.

Because the laws haven’t kept up with the times.

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