Time to Hang Up on Government Phone Snooping
Along with the rest of the USA Freedom Act, the Call Detail Records (CDR) program is set to expire on 12/15/2019. This is the infamous NSA program that gathered hundreds of millions of American citizens’ phone call metadata records. A commission formed after 9/11, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), is studying the phone program to determine whether it should be renewed, despite the fact NSA reportedly asked to shut the program down voluntarily last year.