Perhaps I misread the article, but it seems the Patriot Act is still firmly in place - with only three sections expiring: Section 215, 206 and 6001.
'Section 215' seems questionably undoable - in the days of deep packet inspection and tower specific RSSI/locational based queries. It's sorta impossible to not infringe upon privacy concerns...
Section 215: 'which permits the government to secure wiretapping orders without disclosing the identities of its targets'
The point is whether the government can use that information for broad-base surveillance. Whether the technology is there to gather the data is orthogonal to question of whether it should be legal to do so.
'Section 215' seems questionably undoable - in the days of deep packet inspection and tower specific RSSI/locational based queries. It's sorta impossible to not infringe upon privacy concerns...
Section 215: 'which permits the government to secure wiretapping orders without disclosing the identities of its targets'