Under a provision of the Patriot Act the NSA is allowed to collect phone metadata — the numbers, time stamps, and duration of a call, but not its actual content. Opponents include civil liberties advocates and Senator Rand Paul who argue that the collection is unconstitutional since it is done without a warrant. Supporters of the collection argue that the collection is necessary to track suspected terrorists.
@7YY64YV2yrs2Y
No, only with a constitutional court warrant showing probable cause of criminal activity
@8RPPVM63yrs3Y
I don't a stance on this issue.
@8MF2HYV3yrs3Y
Yes, but this data should not be collected indefinitely and stored, and access to this data should require warrants and probable cause.
@8MF8XFJ3yrs3Y
Yes, but only with strict oversight, and laws against
@8GTWWZJ4yrs4Y
No, this is a violation of public privacy.
@8GMPK8G4yrs4Y
Yes if it is needed for emergencies
Deleted4yrs4Y
No, let's value privacy.
@8CS4GM74yrs4Y
No, because in all likelihood they are collecting far more than they claim and it is difficult if not downright impossible to trust the government in matters of privacy violations due to leaks, history, etc.
@8C4Q7JD4yrs4Y
Yes and no. If this is used for the good of finding missing people etc.
