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[–] 5 points 2 months ago (5 children)

they probably are constitutional, but only because the constitution says nothing about tge government buying data from private companies.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago*

    9th amendment.

    It's the best amendment, despite being, legally, the most useless.

    I would argue that it was meant to cover the kind of situation where a private company is given government permission to gather surveillance data from the citizenry, in exchange for access to said data.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    People are downvoting you, but you’re right. It’s one of the reasons why the constitution is weak in the modern era, and in need of massive additions. It just is too vague, too geared towards a world that no longer exists, and hasn’t existed for over 70 years.

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