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NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data::Violating Americans’ privacy "not just unethical but illegal," senator says.

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[–] minibyte@sh.itjust.works 44 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I’m only disappointed because they BOUGHT my data. I figured they stole it.

[–] fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 9 months ago

So not only do they spy on you, but you're also indirectly paying for it through taxes

[–] Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Seriously with the budget they have and numerous existing legal holes in the 4th Amendment, they just went and threw money to whoever could and would sell metadata to get every last crumb of information? At what point should the comparisons to the Stasi become incredibly concerning to the average individual?