Grimy comments on FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, FBI Kash Patel said during a Senate hearing Wednesday

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Source: Intelligence Committee’s annual Worldwide Threats hearing, question by Senator Ron Wyden.

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[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago (1 child)

The problem is that it can be sold in the first place. These companies don't care if they sell to the FBI or China, money is money.

[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 14 points 7 months ago

You make a good point, yes the government needs surveillance reform but we also need better data broker laws

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