„State Sets Massive Precedent, Passes Law To Effectively Ban The NSA.“
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Michigan has become the first state to ban the National Security Agency’s intrusive data collection practices by passing a law that prohibits law enforcement and state agencies from turning over personal data to the federal government without due process…
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The text of the bill states that its purpose is “to prohibit this state and certain other governmental agents, employees, and entities in this state from assisting a federal agency in obtaining certain forms of data without a warrant; and to prohibit certain uses of certain data collected without a warrant.”
According to the new law, the state and its political subdivisions “shall not assist, participate with, or provide material support or resources to a federal agency to enable it to collect or to facilitate in the collection or use of a person’s electronic data or metadata,” unless at least or more of the following criteria are met:
The person has given informed consent.
The action is pursuant to a warrant that is based upon probable cause and particularly describes the person, place,
or thing to be searched or seized.
The action is in accordance with a legally recognized exception to warrant requirements.
The action will not infringe on any reasonable expectation of privacy the person may have.
This state or a political subdivision of this state collected the electronic data or metadata legally.”
As the Washington Examiner reported, the new law is “the biggest accomplishment yet growing out of efforts to block water to a massive NSA data-storage center in Bluffdale, Utah.” Similar laws have been proposed and have fallen short in states such as Alaska, Maryland, South Carolina, and Washington.
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Michigan State Rep. Martin Howrylak, a sponsor of the bill, told the Examiner that he believes its passage “speaks to the fact that a lot of the domestic surveillance of American citizens is highly unpopular.
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While Howrylak said he thinks the law makes “a strong court case saying this is what the state intends,” he hopes other states will join in by passing similar legislation, in an effort to cripple the NSA’s illegal activities.
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Next month marks 5 years since former NSA contractor Edward Snowden released a trove of classified documents revealing that the United States government was routinely collecting metadata from innocent American citizens without warrants, and using “national security” to justify its actions.
While the NSA’s warrantless data collection was ruled illegal by a court in June 2015, it has continued and the government has attempted to cover up its illegal actions by writing them into law. The latest example of this occurred earlier this year when Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
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The FBI’s “legitimate national security purpose” could be justified by just about any reason the agency chooses to give, and agents would only need supervisory authority in order to search Americans’ metadata.
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By signing the Fourth Amendment Rights Protection Act into law, the state of Michigan is taking a stand against the federal government’s unconstitutional practice of stealing data from innocent Americans without a warrant, and it is setting a precedent for other states in the country to follow.
Source: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/state-sets-massive-precedent-passes-law-ban-nsa/
Kategorie: Corrupted Software/Microsoft etc.
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State ..Passes Law To Effectively Ban The NSA
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Microsoft founder and Satellite Spy System / 24-7 high-definition surveillance of the entire surface of Earth.
„Microsoft founder Bill Gates has provided a major tech startup capital investment toward a U.S. company that aims to send up a “constellation” of satellites to provide 24-7 high-definition surveillance of the entire surface of Earth.
EarthNow, located in Washington State, is planning to launch 500 satellites that will provide “live and unfiltered” surveillance with a one-second delay. The company’s founder and CEO, Russell Hannigan, said:
“EarthNow is ambitious and unprecedented, but our objective is simple; we want to connect you visually with Earth in real-time. We believe the ability to see and understand the Earth live and unfiltered will help all of us better appreciate and ultimately care for our one and only home.
“With existing systems, users can see only what has happened in the past. With EarthNow’s constellation of satellites, you will see events unfold as they happen in real time.”
While EarthNow’s business model includes eventual mass-market applications that can be accessed on mobile devices, it will initially offer its services to “a range of government and enterprise customers”:
“Applications include catching illegal fishing in the act, watching hurricanes and typhoons as they evolve, detecting forest fires the moment they start, watching volcanoes the instant they start to erupt, assisting the media in telling stories from around the world, tracking large whales as they migrate, helping ‘smart cities’ become more efficient, providing on-demand data about crop health, and observing conflict zones around the world.”
In addition to Gates’ startup capital, the company is getting a major financial boost from SoftBank. It’s also working with two other companies on the project.
OneWeb, which is piggybacking the surveillance cameras on its 5G Internet satellites. Those platforms, which the company calls buses, will be manufactured by Airbus at its production lines in both France and Florida.“
Source: https://www.trunews.com/stream/bill-gates-backing-1b-big-brother -
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