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> NSA officials told Wyden that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans' Internet metadata. (noc.social)

submitted 10 months ago by shrikant@noc.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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> NSA officials told Wyden that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans' Internet metadata.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/

Why do you need to spy, when you can simply... buy?

We gave up our data willingly and made it easy for all the 3-letter agencies of the world. We only have ourselves to blame. 🤷‍♂️

(Link HT: @technology)

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[–] Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 45 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Yeah the scandal here isn’t that the NSA bought it, it’s that it’s available for purchase in the first place.

[–] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Seriously. Why act like the NSA are the bad guys? It's literally their job. They would be negligent in their duties if they didn't do it.

If people want more privacy, they need to change the fucking laws.

[–] BobGnarley@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

No, their job is to spy on NON DOMESTIC citizens. A court ruled that what they did under Snowden was illegal as fuck and they pinky swore not to do it anymore. Them spying on American citizens that don't communicate with foreigners is supposed to be illegal. You said it so confidently, but you are mistaken.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_warrantless_surveillance_(2001%E2%80%932007)

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