NPR: Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant
2026-03-25 10:58 UTC
Replies (10)
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@unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-03-25 12:00
What always freaks me out is people considering their government worse than the likes of Meta, Palantir, Google, Microsoft... At least you can vote (hopefully) for a different government. The problem is when the companies are able to buy governments, like USA is.
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@SomeAmateur@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-25 14:36
Citizens: You can't spy on me without a legal reason! Govt: I know, but *they* can. (big tech giants appear with decades of data)
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@teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-25 13:54
Yeah no shit this news is like over 6 years old, they have been doing this for some time.
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@BigDiction@lemmy.world 2026-03-25 14:56
Looking at CCPA deletion requests https://privacy.ca.gov/tips/submit-a-privacy-request/ The way it’s worded on that page, Businesses must comply with requests within 45 days. But if the government accesses the data as a sub processor, must they comply? My guess would unfortunately be no.
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@ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-03-26 03:43
Submit a FOIA request.
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@stringere@sh.itjust.works 2026-03-26 03:11
Can we crowdfund buying data on congress, the Epstein class and their chdren, and the Trump crime syndicate so that it can be made freely publicly available?
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@quick_snail@feddit.nl 2026-03-26 05:40
Don't put Sim cards in your phones, folks. Block ads. Only use apps in froid and official Foss repos
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@utopiah@lemmy.ml 2026-03-27 16:29
Love that quote "We're going to search your house. We don't have a warrant, but we paid your landlord $100 to give us a spare key. So now we're searching your house without a warrant," by Laperruque
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@Nathan_TheAuthor@lemmus.org 2026-03-27 16:22
The warrant is dead. Privacy is now a luxury, not a right. We’ve officially entered the 2026 digital monitoring grid where 'data' is the new currency for control. This isn't just news; it's the 'Exodus' of our personal sovereignty in real-time
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@NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2026-03-26 00:34