What changes should be made? The probable cause requirement for FBI sounds like a reasonable compromise.
This allows them to download the entire contents of your gmail instantly, directly from Google, without a warrant. Or your iCloud Photos and Backups (complete iMessage history) directly from Apple. No warrant required.
Does it though? I believe they did that with PRISM by eavesdropping on the unencrypted data transfers within Google's network itself - without their knowledge. Since that revelation came to light I presume Google have upgraded their security.
First, FISA was created in 1978 to protect Americans from the CIA by forcing them to show probably casuse. Section 702 of FISA is about intercepting any foreigners communications for which they need no warrent.
But the CIA incidentally collects data of U.S citizens during these warrentless wire taps, and that would be the 4th amendment challenge, but so far that is going nowhere.
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metad...
Unfortunately for everyone but the parasitic ruling class that is plundering America and the world, the changes and damage done to the Constitution in the name of progress have not only been the primary vehicle of that damage from the start, but they have had compounding and exponentially negative effects that are clearly accelerating the impact.
The problem with “progress”, i.e., changes framed as positive, is that it is easy to hijack the innate nature of young people to want to differentiate themselves from their parents as a natural and instinctual process of development/maturity. It allows for malevolent, usually older people, to whisper in the ears of young people things like “don’t you think what your parents do is silly and should be undone?”, not knowing or realizing what their parents do not only protects and preserves, but is also the foundation that allowed everything we have to have been created. It is generally a form of grooming young people to tear down the protective walls holding the Epstein/Biden/Trump Class style super-predators at bay.
I personally am concerned that we are effectively already locked in the dungeon, but we just don’t know it because it has WiFi and is nicely decorated…for the time being.
The young people conservatives fantasize/complain about tend to be left-wing, their ideology has practically zero representation in politics, how do you make those the scapegoats of some confusing grand Jordan Peterson style social psychology argument it makes no sense. And how does republicans tossing civil liberties to "own the libs" mesh with libs slashing the same civil liberties? It's like the spiderman pointing at each other meme.
People are so insanely ideologically charged up, the deepest conviction possible coming right from their lizard brain, all because they are lost in the sauce of an industry that is dependent on showing them random ads.
It's actually kind of hilarious, and if you're one of these people, take a step back and see what's going on.
Also, you realize you can take action not under the banner of the EFF? And you can post on X about this as much as you want. You going to let weird petty squabbles stop you from seeing the point, which is trying to stop unwarranted mass surveillance? Let us know how many calls you've whipped for this.
So yes, petty squabbles do get in the way, and it applies no matter which political direction you look.
By leaving X, EFF has made a “politically correct” statement outside their core mission, which alienates potential allies.
I enthusiastically support their activities and will continue to donate.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/ad-firms-settle-... https://www.eff.org/about
(FWIW, I have never had a Twitter or X account)