"Technology allowed al Qaeda to operate decentralized and plot international terrorist attacks remotely," Pauley wrote. "The bulk telephony metadata collection program represents the government's counter-punch."
Following this line of reasoning, as technology advances, there is no limit to what data can be gathered in to stop "terrorism."
This ruling highlights the fact that there can be no political solution to ending the U.S. surveillance state as long as those in power believe this or at least find it profitable. The remedy has to be technological. Citizens need to be encrypting all their communications to make mass surveillance prohibitively expensive.
Following this line of reasoning, as technology advances, there is no limit to what data can be gathered in to stop "terrorism."
This ruling highlights the fact that there can be no political solution to ending the U.S. surveillance state as long as those in power believe this or at least find it profitable. The remedy has to be technological. Citizens need to be encrypting all their communications to make mass surveillance prohibitively expensive.