Rest sure things like masscan and file sharing will be singled out and excluded ...

gruez · on March 12, 2021

>If I recall correctly there is a process called massive volume reduction by which you filter out “uninteresting stuff”.

So all you have to do to avoid surveillance is to make a bunch of connections so the system gets overwhelmed and ignores you?

lupire · on March 12, 2021

No. It drops the junk and tags you as an person of interest.

jjbinx007 · on March 12, 2021

Then criminals should focus on what that non interesting stuff is likely to be and exploit that.

Terrorists (as well as a CIA director) have for years used a simple trick to communicate without leaving suspicious looking metadata: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/12...

I find this type of legislation works like DVD copy protection: the innocent and non tech savvy will be disproportionately affected and it won't do anything to deter those with sufficient knowledge.