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NSA is buying Americans' internet browsing records without a warrant::"Web browsing records can reveal sensitive, private information about a person based on where they go on the internet," said Sen. Ron Wyden.

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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

I wonder how much of this is to provide a plausible paper trail for parallel construction to hide illegal signals collection in legal proceedings.

"No your honor, we didn't find this out because of domestic spying programs, it was from this data we bought from Google."