NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant

NSA Buying Bulk Surveillance Data on Americans without a Warrant

It finally admitted to buying bulk data on Americans from data brokers, in response to a query by Senator Weyden.

This is almost certainly illegal, although the NSA maintains that it is legal until it’s told otherwise.

Some news articles.

Tags: data collection, data privacy, metadata, NSA, privacy, surveillance

Posted on January 30, 2024 at 7:12 AM • 1 Comments

whoops • January 30, 2024 7:58 AM

The problem is partly the legality of the NSA buying this. The real problem is that these data can be bought.

Or: if it is illegal for the NSA to buy these data, why should it be legal to (hoard and) sell it in the first place?

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