TechStory: FBI searched data of millions of Americans without warrants

TechStory: FBI searched data of millions of Americans without warrants by Disha Mitra (“These specific ‘queries’ were reportedly made somewhere between December 2020 and November 2021 by the FBI personnel. Apparently, they were looking for indications of threats and terrorists among the electronic data legally collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. An annual transparency report issued Friday, April 29 by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence disclosed these aspects of the case. This surge reportedly came as the FBI took a step to stop hacking attacks. However, the American Civil Liberties Union referred to it as a breach of privacy ‘on an enormous scale.”)

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