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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] 11 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

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

My thought exactly. Since when does buying something require a warrant? The problem is obviously that it's allowed to be sold period.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There should be protocols and practices in place to stop our data from being owned and sold. Hence why I take the steps I do to help anonymize myself to a small degree. Ditch Facebook, ditch apple, ditch google, ditch Microsoft, ditch any provider that wants to claim your data that tou can to minimize this sort of behavior.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Serious question: Do you browse this app, or similar sites, on an iPhone or Android device? If so, how are you getting away from those companies?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As MajorHavoc said, there are ways. I do in fact use GrapheneOS, have access to a reasonably secure VPN, I use Firefox as well as Vanadium, within Firefox I use Ublock Origin and a few other tools. Some argue that having as many layers of "protection" is counterintuitive because it makes your fingerprint on the web more unique.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Some argue that having as many layers of "protection" is counterintuitive because it makes your fingerprint on the web more unique.

That's a great point.

I'm comforted that you listed largely the same controls as I use, so it seems like at least there's a little cloud of us 'deGoogle' users out there providing eachother some anti-fingerprinting.

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

As someone wise once said to me, consider your threat model.