NEW: The government tells Americans to use VPNs to protect their privacy. The government also automatically presumes communications of unknown origin are foreign. Foreign communications don't require a warrant to wiretap. Lawmakers who've done the math want answers. My latest @[email protected]:

Using a VPN May Subject You to...
Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying

US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against warrantless surveillance.

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Update: I think I may have applied a constraint that's not really in evidence w/ regard to the locations of VPN servers that might be subject to wiretapping. So I've updated this story to better clarify the scope of the potential surveillance.

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I was on a panel this afternoon discussing this spy program and related surveillance authorities w/ some really fire experts, so if you missed it here's the video. It's not too long and was pretty comprehensive. #Section702

Surveillance and the press: Wh...
Surveillance and the press: Why Section 702 matters now

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