IF (and it's a pretty big if) we believe certain Congress Critters, yes... it's a start. Senator Ron Wyden has been very vocal about these things and he's slowly convincing others to see the light (so to speak). At least for now with this bit of legislation, they just can't slurp everything but have to get a warrant for the data metadata from the Telco.
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US Senate passes USA Freedom Act – a long lip service to NSA reforms
Wednesday 3rd June 2015 03:23 GMT Mark 85