Z:gnu-www-ja-surveillance-vs-democracy--b0e0b3-This solution is not entirely/en

This solution is not entirely satisfactory, because it won't physically stop the government from collecting all the information immediately as it is generated&mdash;which is what the U.S. does with some or all phone companies. We would have to rely on prohibiting that by law. However, that would be better than the current situation, where the relevant law (the PATRIOT Act) does not clearly prohibit the practice. In addition, if the government did resume this sort of surveillance, it would not get data about everyone's phone calls made prior to that time.