▲ 188 ▼ Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant (text.npr.org) submitted 7 months ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world 10 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) Correct. YOUR* goverment is buying it. * only affects less than 5% of world population permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BetterDev@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago I think you're trying to insinuate that the US government is the only one that's buying data from data brokers to spy on its own citizens. I hope we can both agree that that's bad and we don't like that idea, but I don't know what makes you think this isn't also happening elsewhere. Do you have reason to believe it's not? permalink fedilink source parent [–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 point 7 months ago It isn't just one country doing it, it is just the one most reported on in English language news. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BetterDev@programming.dev 6 points 7 months ago I think you're trying to insinuate that the US government is the only one that's buying data from data brokers to spy on its own citizens. I hope we can both agree that that's bad and we don't like that idea, but I don't know what makes you think this isn't also happening elsewhere. Do you have reason to believe it's not? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 point 7 months ago It isn't just one country doing it, it is just the one most reported on in English language news. permalink fedilink source parent