Why is this news? If data is easily available why wouldn’t they simply pay for it? This wasn’t an "admission’ more than it was a “statement of the obvious”.
If you think this wasn’t obvious you seriously need to look into exactly how much of your information is being accumulated and openly traded about you.
While law enforcement must get a judge-authorized search warrant to obtain location data directly from telecom companies, government agencies have instead been able to buy such information from private data brokers.
news is about bringing awareness to the masses. so they can make informed decisions and act accordingly.
articles like this are meant to tell the general public “Hey, start yelling at your politicians to fix this, before it’s you they are buying information on to target you for something you didn’t do!”
Exactly. Not just that, but apparently it is okay that every other organization in the world knows everything about you except the FBI. The issue isn’t that law enforcement is buying information to get around warrant rules, but that your information is a public commodity in the first place.
Why is this news? If data is easily available why wouldn’t they simply pay for it? This wasn’t an "admission’ more than it was a “statement of the obvious”.
If you think this wasn’t obvious you seriously need to look into exactly how much of your information is being accumulated and openly traded about you.
Because:
news is about bringing awareness to the masses. so they can make informed decisions and act accordingly.
articles like this are meant to tell the general public “Hey, start yelling at your politicians to fix this, before it’s you they are buying information on to target you for something you didn’t do!”
So you believe that, if a government is able to do something, then they should do it?
It points to a deeper problem if they can. This companies have no qualms selling it to foreign states, fascist groups, etc.
Do you frequently make a habit of arguing with piles of straw?
Not that they should, but that they’re bastards and they will if there’s nothing stopping them.
Right, which is why we’re discussing proposed legislation to do just that
Exactly. Not just that, but apparently it is okay that every other organization in the world knows everything about you except the FBI. The issue isn’t that law enforcement is buying information to get around warrant rules, but that your information is a public commodity in the first place.
Both things are issued