This isn’t the named senators telling people to not use VPNs, this is the senators saying they are worried US citizens are being surveiled as if they are foreign threats due to VPN use.
They are then asking the person in charge of the people doing that surveiling to change their guidance to reflect that reality, as they currently reccomend VPN use.
There won’t be a response, and then I would assume the named legislators will propose legislation to patch this problem which will not be read or passed by any other politicians to the right of these fairly progressive legislators.
At worst its political theater, at best an attempt to protect VPN use, realistically something closer to the former, and none of the outcomes are these senators trying to take muh vpns
Dionysus@leminal.space
on 04 Apr 14:02
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Huh… The Grand Old Pedophiles want to spy on you at the service provider.
The Dems want you to avoid using things that may protect you from that.
Fun.
Senators
Ron Wyden (D-OR)
Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
Edward Markey (D-MA)
Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Representatives
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
Sara Jacobs (D-CA)
The lawmakers are seeking clarification on whether Americans using VPNs (especially those routing through overseas servers) are being classified as “foreigners” under U.S. surveillance law. This classification would effectively strip them of Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless government spying under Section 702 of FISA and Executive Order 12333.
itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works
on 04 Apr 16:11
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I don’t understand why we don’t like them asking this question. This seems like a really good thing to know the administrations position on so that a legal response can be made
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Senators can fuck off.
Because only criminals would value their privacy, right? /s
Bet they are willing to share their website history
This isn’t the named senators telling people to not use VPNs, this is the senators saying they are worried US citizens are being surveiled as if they are foreign threats due to VPN use.
They are then asking the person in charge of the people doing that surveiling to change their guidance to reflect that reality, as they currently reccomend VPN use.
There won’t be a response, and then I would assume the named legislators will propose legislation to patch this problem which will not be read or passed by any other politicians to the right of these fairly progressive legislators.
At worst its political theater, at best an attempt to protect VPN use, realistically something closer to the former, and none of the outcomes are these senators trying to take muh vpns
Huh… The Grand Old Pedophiles want to spy on you at the service provider.
The Dems want you to avoid using things that may protect you from that.
Fun.
Senators
Representatives
The lawmakers are seeking clarification on whether Americans using VPNs (especially those routing through overseas servers) are being classified as “foreigners” under U.S. surveillance law. This classification would effectively strip them of Fourth Amendment protections against warrantless government spying under Section 702 of FISA and Executive Order 12333.
I don’t understand why we don’t like them asking this question. This seems like a really good thing to know the administrations position on so that a legal response can be made
Asking is fine, telling people preemptively to not use the services is dangerous and spreads fear about VPNs with the less technical crowds.
I’m sure they’d be surveiling us regardless. I’ll keep using my VPN.