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The Big Interception Flaw in the US-UK Cloud Act Agreement

by robteix on 10/20/19, 8:58 PM with 6 comments

• by coldcode on 10/21/19, 2:58 PM

  Once a provider in a non-US country targeted with these wiretaps is identified by the country not told about them, then likely they will be subject to criminal penalties based on the non-US countries' legal system. Imagine a US court demanding a wiretap in China.

• by mmjaa on 10/21/19, 9:50 AM

  Does it appear to anyone else that the Powers That Be seem to be trying their best to construct a new world order of Western states, eventually merging them into one larger super-state, bit by bit? The war coalition, the 5-eyes .. Brexit .. all of these things seem to be geared towards creating an Anglo- super state ..