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The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant (www.wired.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant::US spy agencies purchased Americans’ phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If personal data is for sale, the NSA should buy it. Like, it's negligent not to, because they need to know what exactly is being sold in these markets. It's not about spying on the people in the data, it's about knowing the market and who has access to what.

The problem isn't that it was bought, it's that it was sold.

We need to dismantle the data brokerage industry.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

The problem isn't that it was bought, it's that it was sold.

Exactly.

That data shouldn't be for sale to anyone.