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Originally Posted by Robbie
I'm not arguing your point about the legality.
What I am saying is that the NSA (and the federal govt.) do things illegally all the time.
But since they have no real oversight...they don't get caught.
So the laws are meaningless to them.
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If you're the person that makes the laws then you can change the laws any time you want to suit your needs.
What the government is doing with digital communications is legal. Provision 18 U.S.C. § 3121 within the Electronic Communications Privacy Act allows them to do exactly what they're doing with your cell phones, tablets, emails, etc.
Where you're shocked is the massive scale and how efficiently that they're able to do these things.
For the record I agree it's not right what they're doing. But they have...
(a) The technology...
(b) The ability to change the laws when they want...
(c)The muscle to beat anyone that complains into submission
Therefore the only solution is to avoid being spied on is to not own or use a cell phone.