zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoNSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive dataarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down13cross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipbecomeme@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1242arrow-down1external-linkNSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive dataarstechnica.comzephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: globalnews@lemmy.zipbecomeme@sh.itjust.workstechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squarelagomorphlecture@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up40·1 year agoHonestly the only thing that surprises me is that they’re paying for information instead of somehow just taking it.
minus-squareFeminalPandalinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoLegal loophole, asking for it requires courts or judges. Buying it is just a cost.
minus-squareutopianfiat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoHonestly I don’t see why buying data on the open market is illegal. I think it shouldn’t be legal to sell it but it is. I’d prefer nobody have access than the NSA pretend they don’t see what anyone else can buy.
Honestly the only thing that surprises me is that they’re paying for information instead of somehow just taking it.
Legal loophole, asking for it requires courts or judges. Buying it is just a cost.
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Honestly I don’t see why buying data on the open market is illegal. I think it shouldn’t be legal to sell it but it is. I’d prefer nobody have access than the NSA pretend they don’t see what anyone else can buy.
So the cigarette approach