thinking about it...
EFF Asks How Big Brother Is Watching The Internet
MacDork writes "The EFF filed a FOIA request yesterday with the FBI
and other offices of the US DOJ regarding expanded powers granted by
the USA PATRIOT Act. The EFF is making the request in an attempt to
find out whether or not Section 216 is being used to monitor web
browsing without a warrant. The DOJ has already stated they can
collect email and IP addresses, but has not been forthcoming on the
subject of URL addresses. It seems the EFF is seeking any
documentation to confirm such activity is taking place. One can only
hope the automated FOIA search doesn't produce any false negatives or
cost the EFF $372,999."
The part where they are talking about searching without a warrant is
pretty disturbing.
