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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 11

      702 bill the House just passed codifies the government's ability to use 702 to collect DOMESTIC communications from Tor and VPNs and use them for 8 enumerated crimes. https://www.emptywheel.net/2017/10/23/the-senate-intelligence-committee-702-bill-is-a-domestic-spying-bill/ …

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    2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 11

      Those crimes are: -death -kidnapping -serious bodily harm -child porn -critical infrastructure -cyber (including the horrible CFAA) -transnational crime (which will include drug dealing) -human trafficking (which can include prostitution)

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    3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 11

      Worse still, it also lets the government use this Tor exception to spy on anyone or anything the AG deems related to national security. This authority is, under this bill, non reviewable. That means Jeff Sessions gets UNREVIEWABLE authority to spy on anyone using Tor.

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    4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 11

      65 Democrats just voted in favor of Jeff Sessions having that unreviewable authority. http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2018/roll016.xml …

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    5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 11

      I'm actually very sympathetic to arg FBI should have a way to access Tor and VPN traffic (they use subpoenas for the latter for regular old crimes); I suspect getting this authority has been key to success w/Dark Markets. But not doing so in a pretend foreign spying bill.

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    6. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 11

      If Congress debated and passed "The Tor Spying Bill of 2018," it'd pass easily. And if they did so, defendants would get notice of that spying. Not so now. They'll never learn about it.

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 11

      So effectively, on top of everything else that's wrong with this bill, it codifies the government moving criminal investigations under the jurisdiction of a secret court.

      9:24 AM - 11 Jan 2018
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        2. Jim Murphy‏ @MurphInCA Jan 11
          Replying to @emptywheel

          So can Jeff Sessions determine that my calling Trump a butt-head is a threat to national security? And no judge could then stop me being spied on?

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 11
          Replying to @MurphInCA

          If you're using Tor or a VPN, yes.

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        4. Jim Murphy‏ @MurphInCA Jan 11
          Replying to @emptywheel

          So theoretically, could he determine use of TOR or a VPN is in itself indicative of a threat, and then collect all TOR & VPN data?

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        5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 11
          Replying to @MurphInCA

          Maybe, yeah.

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        6. Jim Murphy‏ @MurphInCA Jan 11
          Replying to @emptywheel

          It’s insane how much power we enable with the hope that people will do the right thing for our country.

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        1. Just Mike‏ @blackmoortech Jan 11
          Replying to @emptywheel @KatCapps

          And once we build the wall you won’t be able to escape. Bwahahah.... smdh.

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        2. Keto O'Porke‏ @meetzow Jan 11
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I bet this’ll never be used against political opponents

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        3. Stirgleton‏ @OuijaForestCat Jan 11
          Replying to @meetzow @emptywheel

          Yeah, I was wondering how easy it would be to get the next Green Party presidential campaign surveilled. Do Democrats just call tips in and the FBI goes to work?

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        4. Keto O'Porke‏ @meetzow Jan 11
          Replying to @OuijaForestCat @emptywheel

          Not even the Greens, it’s a prime ratfucking opportunity for Trump in 2020. Capture all comms of your opponent, launder it through Wikileaks, and even if it’s nothing bad or criminal it’ll get credulous and constant coverage in mainstream news outlets because it’s salacious.

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