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by lern_too_spel 2224 days ago
From the article: "law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and CIA can continue to look through the browsing history of American citizens without the need for a warrant."

There is no evidence that they have been doing this. The objection to Section 215 is that a FISA court could in theory say that they can, not that they are already doing this.

It then links to an article about an amendment providing additional oversight that mischaracterizes it as providing additional surveillance powers (there are no additional surveillance powers in that amendment) that can be politically abused.

In short, it's a sensationalist article from a blog with no editorial standards.

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Why is this downvoted? The article is so light on details it's difficult to read.

Can someone provide a substantiation of the headline in concrete technical terms?