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Re:U.S. Used Patriot Act to Gather Logs of Website Visitors by peterkelly on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @01:49AM (#25356016)
It's running a query over a database that mass surveillance systems have already compiled.
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Re:U.S. Used Patriot Act to Gather Logs of Website Visitors by rayiner on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @01:56AM (#25356049)
No, read the actual correspondence. It’s clearly talking about FISA orders that compel ISPs to produce records: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/wyden...

Even civil litigation allows you to compel ISPs to produce data based on targeted searches.

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