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US National Security Agency buys web browsing data without warrant, letter shows (www.reuters.com)

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

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

I'm sure government agencies buy commercially available products all the time. The problem is that we are no longer just consumers in the market, we are also unwillingly the product.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

And this is why governments are so reluctant to pass any strong data privacy laws and enforce them. They greatly benefit from this data market.