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VICTORY! Federal Court (Finally) Rules Backdoor Searches of 702 Data Unconstitutional (www.eff.org)
submitted 6 hours ago by knighthawk0811@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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the government has claimed that law enforcement agencies do not need a warrant to sift through [previously collected data]. EFF argued for over a decade that this is unconstitutional, and now a federal court agrees with us.

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[–] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 4 points 51 minutes ago (1 children)

Just in time for a government that is definitely all about following the law.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 minutes ago

The truth is that this victory couldn't come at a better time. They'll try to get around it and will blatantly violate it I'm sure, but this victory is still more important than ever

[–] Apollo2323@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago

Finally some good news!!