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The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant (www.wired.com)
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The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant::US spy agencies purchased Americans’ phone location data and internet metadata without a warrant but only admitted it after a US senator blocked the appointment of a new NSA director.

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[–] zoostation@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Anyone can buy this data. It's just a regular product. What would a warrant have to do with anything.

[–] echutaa@programming.dev 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Warrants are important checks on an otherwise unchecked behemoth that could easily make most people disappear in one way or another.

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

As much as I hate it, I was under the impression that US government agencies routinely purchased user data from brokers because it was a workaround for warrant requirements to acquire the data themselves.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

Yeah, the real problem is that the data was made available for sale.

[–] motorwerks@sopuli.xyz 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Ah yes, the 'I singlehandedly thought it was the expected result" explanation. If true, still not helpful.

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Ah yes, the condescending prick with poor reading comprehension.