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What would stop the government from just getting this stuff from a third-party who has purchased it?
by random_moonwalk 8y ago
What would stop the government from just getting this stuff from a third-party who has purchased it?
- tome 8y agoProbably the same above-named act.
- itchyjunk 8y agoBut that act says it's telecoms that can't sell it to the government. Doesn't the government purchase data from other 3rd party entities anyways?
- tome 8y agoI've never read the act but such a hole would be so gaping that it would even embarrass congress and telecoms lobbyists. I can't possibly imagine that they didn't close it. EDIT: Maybe I was too optimistic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17082213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17082213
- move-on-by 8y agoNothing, that's one reason why these companies exist. Its corporate surveillance