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Monday, February 07, 2022
Senators Want 'EARN IT' Bill To Scan All Online Messages
A group of lawmakers have re-introduced the EARN IT Act, an incredibly unpopular bill from 2020 that "would pave the way for a massive new surveillance system, run by private companies, that would roll back some of the most important privacy and security features in technology used by people around the globe," writes Joe Mullin via the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "It's a framework for private actors to scan every message sent online and report violations to law enforcement. And it might not stop there. The EARN IT Act could ensure that anything hosted online -- backups, websites, cloud photos, and more -- is scanned." From the report:
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Why don't we start by naming the senators that want this monstrosity?
ReplyDeleteTotally agree---in fact, NO bill should EVER be considered without disclosure of its author and sponsors.
DeleteOf course, there WILL be laguage written in this bill to exempt members of Congress, wanna bet?
To protect sexually abused children, huh? Bullshit.
Fuck That.
ReplyDeleteThe scanning is already going on. They're just trying to make what the NSA does already legal then farm out new .gov contracts to their big tech buddies.
ReplyDelete^^^^ This. Nemo
DeleteFuck Congress … Aw, screw it - fuck the government!
ReplyDelete1) No
ReplyDelete2) actually, FUCK NO
3) see #1 and #2 above
Original Grandpa
First, "A group of lawmakers have..." "group" is singular, therefore, "has" is the correct word.
ReplyDeleteSecond, who TF are the lawmakers? No ID, no accuracy.
Sponsored by Lindsey Graham [R -SC]
ReplyDeleteDemocrat cosponsors:
Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA]
Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]
Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI]
Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA]
Republican cosponsors:
Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA]
Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO]
Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME]
Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH]
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Oh.
DeleteThe Usual Suspects.
I'm surprised to see Sen. Kennedy R-LA on that list of sponsors. The rest? All the usual suspects that think they rule the rest of us.
DeleteNemo
All of them bought. By whom? That is what really matters.
ReplyDeleteBought, hell.
DeleteSome of them paid to get in!