glowie@h4x0r.host to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoUS National Security Agency buys web browsing data without warrant, letter showswww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareHeresy_generator@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months ago buys … from commercial brokers Y’all are seeing the real problem here, right? Your data is just available for anyone with the cash to pay for it. Stopping just the NSA from buying this data is attacking the issue from the wrong end.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoMy thought exactly. Since when does buying something require a warrant? The problem is obviously that it’s allowed to be sold period.
Y’all are seeing the real problem here, right? Your data is just available for anyone with the cash to pay for it. Stopping just the NSA from buying this data is attacking the issue from the wrong end.
My thought exactly. Since when does buying something require a warrant? The problem is obviously that it’s allowed to be sold period.