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Unclassified letter reveals NSA's warrantless purchase of Americans' internet browsing data (www.techspot.com)

submitted 9 months ago by PaddleMaster@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

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My data is already bought and sold by companies. But when government agencies do it, suddenly we only need to stop them. Stop this madness. It shouldn’t matter if it’s corporations or a government, why not stop the sale of people’s data?

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[+] MusicHeals@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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[–] feminalpanda@lemmings.world 4 points 9 months ago

...Yes

[–] Moira_Mayhem@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just because one thing is bad doesn't mean other things can't be.

Tiktok is bad because it weaponizes short attention span laziness and feeds depression.

TOR is bad because there is a good chance the government has stripped away its privacy capabilities.

Frankly in my mind that makes Tiktok a fucktonne worse.

Most of the people 'harmed' by TOR exit node scraping are pedos and illegal weapons dealers.

Most of the people harmed by tiktok is literally 2 generations of youth.

Can you not see the difference?