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When the government is allowed to buy information which would otherwise require a warrant, private surveillance becomes government surveillance.
by janalsncm 2y ago
When the government is allowed to buy information which would otherwise require a warrant, private surveillance becomes government surveillance.
- pixl97 2y agoExactly, there is no difference. In fact in some ways it is worse because the government can say with a straight face they aren't collecting your data and monitoring you... they just pay someone else for that service.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 2y agoYep, and I keep harping on that one simple point. If that data is collected at all, it will be used. Even with laws protecting it. Look how HiPAA has become something of a joke now between regular breaches and app everything, which skirt as much as they can.
- fallingknife 2y agoThey lean on social media companies to violate your 1st amendment rights and then buy from them to violate your 4th.
- mrexroad 2y agoThis should be the top rated comment. This [1] is the tactic that is used by government agencies to actively work around protections afforded by the Constitution of the United States. [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/26/constitution-digital-privacy-loopholes-purchases/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/26/constituti...