Article in „Privacy Online News“ by Rick Falkvinge: As I wrote in my last column, an expiry of the Patriot Act means nothing to what the NSA does or does not. They have been wiretapping phonecalls since at least 1976, and are in no way, shape, or form dependent on the Patriot Act which was enacted in 2001 – when they had already been doing this for 25 years. However, one thing has crucially changed, and that’s the ability to win against the NSA. … read more …