As of today:
http://news.yahoo.com/...
Even after one major decision holding that NSA spying is unconstitutional, the FISA court continues to permit blanket, unrestricted data collection by the NSA. The only way to put a dent in this nightmare is to reduce the data-hoarding at its source: make it harder for the telecom and internet companies to collect it in the first place.
We know that laws against data collection would face an uphill battle, but a law that simply requires them to ask our permission first would have a chance. Such a law came pretty close to passing in California a decade or so ago. That is all our proposed bill would ask for: that we be told when our data are being collected, and that they ask our permission.
There is a petition being circulated at MoveOn.org. If you think this is an important issue, sign and pass it along to your friends.
http://petitions.moveon.org/...
Note that we are well aware that MoveOn itself collects data on people who circulate or sign petitions. That is a sign of how badly the rules of the road need to be rewritten. Meanwhile, we have to use the tools that are available.
Thank you.