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- technology@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.world
NSA Director Paul Nakasone confirmed such purchases in his letter to Wyden, saying the data collected “may include information associated with electronic devices being used outside - and, in certain cases, inside - the United States.”
That might be a loophole since they aren’t requesting it legally they are buying it like any other can.
Yes. The answer to this isn’t to restrict what the NSA can do, the answer is to stop people’s privacy being a legally tradable commodity.
Most people don’t have any concept why their privacy matters.
And until something awful happens to them, they aren’t interested in learning it either.
After something awful happens to them, they aren’t interested in leading it either*
The awful things haven’t happened to most people yet
I fully agree with that.
Fyi, this was only possible since Trump made it legal
OMG, I don’t care about which boogyman you fear, it would have happened eventually regardless of color in the position. Money and power speaks much louder than political party.