Military intelligence buys location data instead of getting warrants

Re:Military intelligence buys location data instead of getti... by HappyDreamer on Sunday January 24, 2021 @07:05PM (#25897538)

I think I'm not secure, when people in the military or police etc can get my exact location that easily.

I could get arrested too easily, by law enforcement who skipped some steps in the process and got the wrong person? Maybe LEOs more eagerly do SWAT raids when they know the person's exact location? (I'm guessing)

So, could it be a partial violation of "secure"?

"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses"

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Re:Military intelligence buys location data instead of getti... by kube-system on Sunday January 24, 2021 @07:39PM (#25897748)

It’s not any different than a criminal taking evidence to a pawn shop, and then expecting that the pawn shop couldn’t say anything about it to the police.

The problem is that we’ve all become accustomed to agreeing to give away our data, while pretending that we didn’t.

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Re:Military intelligence buys location data instead of getti... by username90 on Sunday January 24, 2021 @07:42PM (#25897762)

Sounds like you want something like GDPR. Without that entities can collect and sell data about you like this, and the government can buy it.

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