07.08.2013 - 06:26 [ Techdirt ]

FBI Pushing Real-Time Metadata-Harvesting ‚Port Readers‘ On Service Providers

The FBI seems to be of the same mindset as the NSA — it‘s better to have it all and not need it than to show any sense of restraint when it comes to harvesting data. Declan McCullagh at CNET has uncovered yet another surveillance program aimed at collecting vast amounts of data simply because the current legal climate allows it.