PPSA General Counsel: The Trojan Horse That Would Force Your Barista To Spy on You

Gene Schaerr, PPSA's General Counsel, explains how the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence's bill on FISA's Section 702 would actually expand warrantees surveillance. 

​"But the House Intelligence bill’s expansion to include “equipment” would cover, for example, any small or medium-sized business that simply provides Wi-Fi or stores data. This means that your business landlord, Airbnb host, hotel manager, or coffee shop barista will have a legal obligation to give the government any of your emails, texts, or phone metadata that ran through their equipment. Larger entities, such as data centers, would also be enlisted in spying on Americans."

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