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originally posted by: CantStandIt
a reply to: Kettu
Nope. AT&Ts networks are a regulated public utility.
originally posted by: CB328
If I'm a officer I will use any legal means to stop criminals
It's unconstitutional to arbitrarily search everyone, it's called the fourth amendment.
You think they aren't looking at ATS for right wing malcontents?
originally posted by: ColdWisdom
There are plenty of real nut jobs on ATS for them to waste their time with.
The fourth amendment is protection from illegal search and seizure
originally posted by: CB328
The fourth amendment is protection from illegal search and seizure
It's against unreasonable search and seizure, which some of this sure sounds like to me, especially the location tracking part. If someone's suspected of being a criminal then they should have to get a warrant to track their location.
originally posted by: ColdWisdom
a reply to: olaru12
Right...."Black Lodge" doesn't flag you. Believe me...it does.
Why? Because I'm a HUGE Twin Peaks fan?
So silly.
originally posted by: CB328
If I'm a officer I will use any legal means to stop criminals
It's unconstitutional to arbitrarily search everyone, it's called the fourth amendment.
originally posted by: Tempter
I think I created a Facebook account within the first year of launch just to see what is was about. I deleted it and haven't logged on since. It's been almost 12 years since then, I think.
originally posted by: Kettu
originally posted by: CantStandIt
a reply to: Kettu
Nope. AT&Ts networks are a regulated public utility.
The FCC may have ruled that the internet is a public utility under Title II, but the infrastructure that AT&T and others pay for (fiber optic lines) ect are still paid for by them. And AT&T isn't the government or a company owned by its users. It's not a cooperative, or a government agency. It's a private company.
If they decide to install monitoring drops on their lines...that's up to them. When you sign up to use the internet through an ISP you agree to a litany of conditions and terms. Most people don't read them.
The US government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has engaged in massive, illegal dragnet surveillance of the domestic communications and communications records of millions of ordinary Americans since at least 2001.
In early 2006, EFF obtained whistleblower evidence (.pdf) from former AT&T technician Mark Klein showing that AT&T is cooperating with the illegal surveillance. The undisputed documents show that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility at 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco that makes copies of all emails web browsing and other Internet traffic to and from AT&T customers and provides those copies to the NSA. This copying includes both domestic and international Internet activities of AT&T customers. As one expert observed, “this isn’t a wiretap, it’s a country-tap.”