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jeff47

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7. Because US law applies outside the US, right?

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 12:44 PM

Dec 2013

If you read the actual article, you'll find they did mention they aren't collecting data within the US. US persons outside the US may be getting their location recorded, but that's actually legal - there's an exception in the law for inadvertent collection.

But that wasn't sufficiently evil, so reporters continue to write sloppy stories where they ignore the "not in the US" part of the leak. Like this story.

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Trashing the Law against warrantless GPS tracking: NSA nabs 5 Billion Phone location Records a Day [View all] unhappycamper Dec 2013 OP

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #1

But this isn't being used for anything nefarious, they promise. Pholus Dec 2013 #2

+1 n/t JimDandy Dec 2013 #3

K&R Hubert Flottz Dec 2013 #4

So the NSA could get into the loop of the election servers and change the outcomes of elections! Dustlawyer Dec 2013 #5

The NSA Apologists - If One Is Not Nefarious - No Harm Is Done cantbeserious Dec 2013 #6

Because US law applies outside the US, right? jeff47 Dec 2013 #7