NSA pwning business comms. equip.
The US has
adopted the law to conscript people in to spying on computer and phone data for US secret
agencies.
It's not really "everyone" in the US that could be forced to spy in his way. But it is more
people than you might think.
*Former and current U.S. officials told The Washington Post that the new language was intended
to apply to data [server] storage centers, but civil liberties advocates like Goitein warn it
could be used to compel any business — such as a grocery store, gym, or laundry service
— to allow the National Security Agency (NSA) to scoop up data from its phones or
computers.*
*"The provision effectively grants the NSA access to the communications equipment of almost any
U.S. business, plus huge numbers of organizations and individuals," Goitein wrote on social
media early Saturday. "It's a gift to any president who may wish to spy on political enemies,
journalists, ideological opponents, etc."*