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US lawmakers introduce surveillance reforms intended to curb FBI spying (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by varsock@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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For all you USA peeps:

A bipartisan team of U.S. lawmakers has introduced new legislation intended to curb the FBI's sweeping surveillance powers, saying the bill helps close the loopholes that allow officials to seize Americans' data without a warrant.

The bill follows more than a decade of debate over post-Sept. 11, 2001, surveillance powers that allow domestic law enforcement to warrantlessly scan the vast mountains of data gathered by America's foreign surveillance apparatus.

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[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder how these legislations can be abused to accomplish the exact opposite. I guess we'll find out, if it passes...