alt Hacker NewsThe NSA lacked legal authority to do this bulk collection prior to the Snowden leaks, and yet that didn't stop them from collecting. Why would I believe that their lack of legal authority today would stop them?
The NSA lacked legal authority to do this bulk collection prior to the Snowden leaks, and yet that didn't stop them from collecting. Why would I believe that their lack of legal authority today would stop them?
Because it's not possible for them to get the same easy access anymore?
It was certainly easy in a world where everything wasn't encrypted, that's not the case anymore.