cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/519935
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230705212257/https://www.wired.com/story/ndaa-2023-davidson-jacobs-fourth-amendment/
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cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/519935
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230705212257/https://www.wired.com/story/ndaa-2023-davidson-jacobs-fourth-amendment/
Archived version: https://ghostarchive.org/archive/gz9dU
The difference is that they can’t use illgally obtain information publically even if they have it, but if they got the same information by buying it it’s perfectlly legal to use it in a court of law, etc.
I’m sure people appreciate the distinction when they’re being harassed, surveilled, detained, and assaulted by intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
There’s also a super hush hush court which signs off on a lot of information sharing, thus making it legal in other courts.