Our basic human right to privacy has been enumerated in the 4th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Some seek to diminish this right, but we will Restore it.
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This whole thing was a shitshow. And the reason the spooks and their apologists on HPSCI are so freaked out? because they don't want to have to go to a judge to get Americans data, they would rather secretly buy that data from data brokers.
Reporting from @politico suggests House intelligence committee leaders want at least part of the floor debate on Section 702 to happen IN SECRET. If true, these are bush league tactics and a new low for opponents of surveillance reform. 1/8
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1. FBI Director Christopher Wray just told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Congress (1) MUST reauthorize FISA 702, and (2) MUST NOT impose a requirement that FBI obtain a search warrant before conducting “backdoor searches” of American citizens through the 702 database.
Bipartisan, bicameral #GSRA would stop the surveillance abuses that have run roughshod over our privacy, civil liberties, and Fourth Amendment rights for years. This is how Congress can #fixfisa.
The bipartisan, bicameral #GSRA will create new safeguards for government surveillance, reform outdated surveillance laws, establish protections for Americans, and enforce accountability for abuses. This is the landmark bill Congress needs to #fixfisa.
NEW: A bill introduced today aims to reform #FISA Section 702 to protect privacy w/o compromising #NationalSecurity.
"If passed, it would be the most significant surveillance reform legislation since FISA itself."
Analysis by @LizaGoitein@NoahChauvin:
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Demand Progress Policy Director @SeanVitka on #GSRA: "The Government Surveillance Reform Act meets this once-in-a-generation moment, and threads the needle. It creates a path, the only path forward for #FISA, and it meaningfully restores Americans’ privacy."
A bipartisan group of Senators and House members today led by @RonWyden, @SenMikeLee, @WarrenDavidson, @RepZoeLofgren introduced a landmark bill to fix the serious problems with #FISA 702 & other forms of overbroad + unchecked government #surveillance.
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We are excited to announce the publication of our latest issue brief on Vehicular Surveillance (Read it here: https://t.co/MdMpmz0TvS).
Here's some highlights from the brief, which tackles a widespread yet under explored privacy issue🚗:
To be clear, CISOs *should* be paying attention to the 702 debate. Not because 702 is a magical cyber silver bullet, but because its a mass surveillance program overseen by an agency more interested in breaking systems then it is in defending them.
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^ Stewart baker on why the clipper chip is a good idea.
I cant remember which episodes specifically but I also know that at various points on his podcast he's also ranted about how TLS sucks because it kneecaps good NSA snooping.
NEW #FOIA SCOOP/🧵Took me 6 yrs to pry this out of NSA
A few wks before @Snowden's leaks were published, 2 NSA employees contacted NSA IG to blow the whistle on unauthorized surveillance
IG substantiated it
W/@KatrinaManson@WilliamTurton@rj_gallagher
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Electronic Frontier Alliance member @RT4MN is joining dozens of groups to speak to the @FTC about how it can protect privacy and other rights in its upcoming rule on commercial surveillance and data security. https://t.co/mlTQsVbBX3