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To be clear, NSL are anti-democratic and wrong. But it looks like they put themselves in that position. Either by voluntary working with the FBI and allegedly

by erhardm 11y ago

To be clear, NSL are anti-democratic and wrong. But it looks like they put themselves in that position. Either by voluntary working with the FBI and allegedly taking a $1M grant, and/or doing unethical research by doing it on the live network.

geofft 11y ago
Is it possible for an NSL to order you to conduct your research on the live network? (I mean, I guess it's possible for an NSL to order you to do anything, because America.)
- sarciszewski 11y ago
  All an NSL can do is request subscriber information and simultaneously gag you from telling them that the request occurred.
  - criddell 11y ago
    So then it must be the $1,000,000 that made CMU adjust their ethical standards. What's worse - that CMU did this in the first place or that they did it so cheaply?
    - doktrin 11y ago
      SEI/CERT is for all intents and purposes completely independent of CMU
- mikecb 11y ago
  No, it's a (formally, administrative subpoena) request for transactional records related to a national security investigation.
- fweespeech 11y ago
  No, it can't ask you to change behavior. It can only require you to turn over existing records/information.