On Wednesday, the American House of Representatives voted unanimously against the National Security Agency's practice of collecting telephone records of the people.

Technology was introduced to simplify the life of mankind however, of late, this technology has been playing havoc by breaching the privacy of the common man to such an extent that many people are labelling it as a nuisance, said reports. In a surprising move, the U.S House of Representatives voted against the National Security Agency's (NSA) practice of collecting the telephone data of common people and spying on them.

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While NSA's purpose of spying the data or eavesdropping on regular conversations is to keep a hawks eye on the terrorist activities that could be planned under the garb of routine chats, the House of Representatives clearly believes that the recording of data is actually interfering with the privacy of the people. The news was confirmed by NBC News.

In another news piece published on CS Monitor, it was announced that the House voted 338-88 to uphold the U.S. Freedom Act that clearly prohibits such agencies from spying the conversations of the common man; however, this does not mean that the American authorities will have to end up compromising on the security of the country. Instead, the bill simply elaborates the process by asking the agency to seek a court order each time they want to snoop into the telephone records of those under the purview of suspicion.

The core purpose of the bill is to allow the authorities to snoop into conversations of suspects and still protects the liberties of the American population. Given the recent hue and cry about privacy, this move clearly indicates a major win for those who have advocated in favour of protecting the privacy of the people.

Additionally, since the bill has received such strong support from democrats as well as republics, analysts are speculating that Mitch McConnell, Republican Senate Majority Leader, will have to allow a vote on the issue, in the near future. 

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