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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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[–] Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 9 months ago

For real. It's like a living version of the principal Skinner meme.

"Multiple people are bringing cohesive arguments against my viewpoint? They must be sick puppets."