> NSA officials told Wyden that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans’ Internet metadata.

Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/

Why do you need to spy, when you can simply… buy?

We gave up our data willingly and made it easy for all the 3-letter agencies of the world. We only have ourselves to blame. 🤷‍♂️

(Link HT: @technology)

  • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    Oh I’m no fan of the NSA purchasing untold amounts of data about Americans, but seriously how can you blame them for it when the data is readily and legally available for purchase by pretty much anyone? These datasets shouldn’t exist in the first place.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, “we can do it because there aren’t laws against it” is pretty much the worst justification for anything unethical.

      But I guess what do you expect when a large amount of the world equates “legal” with “moral and ethical.”