> 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)

  • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    5·
    10 months 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.”