In what could be a gross expansion of tyrannical power, the FBI has now been granted new powers for snooping on American citizens. You don't need to be an expert in the field of cybersecurity and government surveillance to understand the grave consequences of this new and abusive legislation; as the UK has adopted the Investigative Powers Bill; similar to what's been granted to the agency, has just recently been signed into law. What this allows for government agencies to do is sift through each and EVERY piece of data and collects it for analysis; including but not limited to bugging phones, computers, smart TV's, web cams on laptops, video game consoles, MP3 players, Skype, you name it. Anything that's connected to the Internet can be searched, catalogued and tracked throughout the entire world wide web.
They're also looking into financial and medical records, where you've traveled, who you socialize with on social media, chat logs, instant text messages, and more.
Unfortunately, changes will take effect on Thursday, December 1st, 2016 after last ditch efforts by the US Senate failed to block the new Orwellian measures; aimed at further curtailing the right to privacy; especially online.
I wonder why Americans aren't protesting against this instead of wasting all their time and energy protesting against Trump.
Senator Ron Wyden said this legislation is a big mistake; it's a even bigger mistake because hackers are gonna see this as a major gold mine for acquiring data illegally from unsuspecting Internet users; namely credit card and banking accounts, financial records, medical history, Social Security, and more.
How could all of this happen? How did we get to the point of this total collapse of privacy and scrutiny of our government against it's own citizens? How can we turn the tide against this gross and disgusting act of tyranny on a national scale?
Will they also scrap the US Constitution; further eroding our civil rights until one day Americans find they can no longer protest and voice their grievances against the very same government that supposedly endowed them with unalienable rights and protections against unlawful searches and seizures?
These are questions that ultimately are up to the American people to decide.
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary security deserve neither liberty or safety". Benjamin Franklin.
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