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ACLU to feds: Your "hacking presents a unique threat to individual privacy"
The American Civil Liberties Union, along with Privacy International, a similar organization based in the United Kingdom, have now sued 11 federal agencies, demanding records about how those agencies engage in what is often called "lawful hacking."
The activist groups filed Freedom of Information Act requests to the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and nine others. None responded in a substantive way.
"Law enforcement use of hacking presents a unique threat to individual privacy," the ACLU argues in its lawsuit, which was filed Friday in federal court in New York state.
"Hacking can be used to obtain volumes of personal information about individuals that would never previously have been available to law enforcement."
[...] The FBI did not immediately respond to Ars' request for comment.
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Monday December 24 2018, @08:31PM (1 child)
The first time I heard of the ACLU, I was a teen and a classmate was expressing his deep hatred of the organization. He was extremely unhappy they mess up plans to hold prayers in school during the school day. He hoped the members would all be arrested and the organization disbanded and made illegal.
I was baffled by his attitude. Why hate the ACLU, but profess love of the Constitution and especially the 1st Amendment's Freedom of Religion? Now I understand that teens are more prone to that kind of stupidity.
(Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 24 2018, @10:30PM
He probably was a racist and was not happy with their work helping colored folk.