The agency opposes an amendment that prevents it from using data brokers.

Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data::undefined

  • blankmind@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Our data. About us. Bought by our government. With tax money we gave them. How can I get a piece of this pie?

    Yes, these companies they are buying from are getting rich off our tax money. Boycott Google? Not gonna happen. They just get your money indirectly.

  • FrankTheHealer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    See, when Conservatives spout their shit about small government, this is what they should be talking about. Massively scaling back the CIA and NSA operations so the average person doesnt need to worry about the government et al, snooping on them.

    But no, they’re much too worried about drag shows or something.

    And also always want to increase the budget of the military and various alphabet agencies. It just seems blatantly hypocritical tbh

  • watson387@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Yeah fuck that bullshit. They shouldn’t have been sold it without a warrant in the first place, either.

    Edit: grammar

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    You know… if the data is such that … they need to get a warrant… maybe these companies shouldn’t be able to collect it in the first place?

  • fubo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    As I recall, a warrant is only relevant if they want to either ① gain access to stuff that you physically protect, or ② charge you with a crime. If they just wanna stick their noses in your digital crotch because you smell like a hottie terrorist, a warrant is not required.

    • orclev@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Technically they need one to force a company to hand over data as well, but in this case they’re not forcing anything. The issue here isn’t the NSA buying the data, it’s Google fucking selling it in the first place. We desperately need better data privacy laws. If Google couldn’t sell the data, and ideally couldn’t collect it in the first place, then the NSA would have nothing to buy and really would need a warrant.

      • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.worldEnglish
        01·
        1 year ago

        Google doesn’t sell your data. That would eliminate their entire business model.

        What Google sells is a platform with access to that data to target ads. They have the data, you have a target audience you want to advertise to, you pay them to make sure your ads reach your target with surgical precision.

    • ChickenBoo@lemmy.jnks.xyzEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Literally from the first sentence of the first article…

      “obtained her Facebook messages using a search warrant.”

      Second also references a search warrant affidavit.