>In the vast majority of cases, the US government at least, has to obtain a warrant to collect data on US citizens, so those two sets are not the same If only

>In the vast majority of cases, the US government at least, has to obtain a warrant to collect data on US citizens, so those two sets are not the same If only that were true[0][1][2][3]. [0] (2022): https://fedscoop.com/dhs-buying-personal-data-from-govt-contractors-pushes-congress-to-pass-legislation-curtailing-3rd-party-data-brokers/ https://fedscoop.com/dhs-buying-personal-data-from-govt-cont... [1] (2023): https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116192/documents/HHRG-118-JU00-20230712-SD010.pdf https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116192/documents/... [2] (2024): https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/tech/the-nsa-buys-americans-internet-data-newly-released-documents-show/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/tech/the-nsa-buys-americans-i... [3] (2025): https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/ https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-da...