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Bad Government Repeal the Patriot Act (curiousweekly.com)
6 points by donkeyranchero 69 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



>The Patriot Act is clearly an example of how the federal government has stepped across the clear, bright line which says that unless a judge has signed a search warrant the federal government may not search a person and his effects, which includes his computer, which includes his internet actvity on the computer he bought with the money earned at his job.

But, thanks to the third party doctrine, it doesn't include the records of that computer activity that exist on ISP (or anyone else's) servers.




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