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22 de out. de 2020 · Dragnet surveillance—and the data it produces—can be useful for law enforcement to solve crimes. Dragnet surveillance widens and deepens social oversight: it includes a broader swath of people and can follow any single individual across a greater range of institutional settings.
9 de ago. de 2013 · Essentially, XKeyScore is the NSA’s very own, very powerful surveillance search engine. These reports are particularly alarming in light of government officials’ emphatic public statements denying that the NSA ever peeks inside the contents of Americans’ communications without a warrant.
A dragnet is any system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects; including road barricades and traffic stops, widespread DNA tests, and general increased police alertness.
- EFF's NSA Spying Cases
- No Legal Victory, But Lots of Shifts in NSA Spying
- Many Heros to Thank
- The Fight For Your Privacy Continues
First, some history: EFF filed Jewel v. NSA in 2008, and our original case, Hepting v. AT&T, in 2006. Both cases arose from three different kinds of surveillance that the U.S. government initiated in the aftermath of 9/11: first, the mass telephone records collection program, second, the mass Internet metadata collection program and third, what we ...
While we did not prevail in the litigation, the work we did, and the millions of Americans who raised concerns about the NSA spying over the years, did result in some dramatic changes in NSA spying. Congress stopped the mass telephone records program in 2015 as part of the USA Freedom Act. Of course, the revamped program still (and predictably) end...
We are forever grateful to our clients, Carolyn Jewel, Tash Hepting, Erik Knutzen, Joice Walton, and Gregory Hicks, who stood up for everyone in the U.S., and who remained steadfast despite the many twists and turns of this case. They understood how illegal the NSA’s spying was and were resolute in demanding their day in court. We are grateful for ...
Finally, though our challenge in Jewel has ended, the fight to end the NSA’s mass surveillance continues. As noted above, section 215 has expired, although the government is allowed to continue using it in investigations that started before expiration. Nonetheless, it should not be renewed and Congress should push the government to end its use unde...
The US government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has engaged in massive, illegal dragnet surveillance of the domestic communications and communications records of millions of ordinary Americans since at least 2001.
NSA, EFF sued the NSA and other government agencies on behalf of AT&T customers to stop the illegal, unconstitutional, and ongoing dragnet surveillance of their communications and communications records using AT&T’s facilities.
13 de dez. de 2020 · Dragnet surveillance—and the data it produces—can be useful for law enforcement to solve crimes. Dragnet surveillance widens and deepens social oversight: it includes a broader swath of...
