emptywheel

I wouldn't doubt it. From a tactical point of view, though, I'd be a bit surprised if Wyden were going to such lengths to highlight an activity that primarily involved something as strongly associated with CP in the public's mind as Tor. Open to the possibility that I'm wrong.

And also associated with dissidents. Is it your official position that it's cool NSA is sucking up dissident traffic and deciding whether it's criminal or not on the back side?

Of course not. Our view would no doubt be the human rights view that a government interference with privacy violates rights unless it's explicitly authorized by law, necessary, and proportionate (and non-discriminatory)

Well, it is a collection that will get, in addition to CP and dark markets and the like, a significant proportion of dissident, journalist, and similar traffic. And NSA gets to review it and decide whether it's criminal.

I'm not disagreeing with those points at all. What I'm saying is that the vigor with which Wyden is pursuing this publicly suggests to me that it might not only be Tor/VPNs, which I think the public at large tends to view as associated with CP.

Well, that's a really luxurious position for those who have paid no price for actually reporting out the Tor story. Thanks for your certainty. So glad to see my work treated like shit, thanks.

I mean, if I could tell you what I had to do to to report this maybe THEN you'd believe rather than telling me I'm wrong when I'm the one who reported it but I can't do that so thanks for telling me I'm wrong.

I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm saying we may both be right. I mean no disrespect to your work whatsoever -- I can only speak for myself, but I rely on your analyses all the time.