Wednesday, 22 June 2016

FBI falls 2 votes short of viewing our browsing history without a warrant


First the good news. The United States senate rejected a proposal today that would have given the FBI increased surveillance powers, including the ability to search our internet browsing history without a warrant. Now for the bad; it was barely rejected and we could see a modified version of the same proposal in the near future. The measure, introduced earlier this week by Senator John McCain (R-Arizona), was intended to - as McCain said - “track lone wolves” in the wake of the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub earlier this month. The proposal fell just two votes short, and one…

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