U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Personal Data

Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by xnx on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:31AM (#36310757)

Exactly. I'd go as far to say that attention on government and Google/Microsoft/Apple/Amazon is a (deliberate?) distraction from the shitty apps, internet service providers, and mobile phone companies selling all the data they can collect. If John Q Public knew that their visit history to adult websites was for sale, they would drop the service and demand legislation immediately.

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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by lesuorac on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @10:49AM (#36311019)

And that's semi-how we got the Video Privacy Act [1].

Some journalist was like, "what happens if I go to [VHS Rental Store] and ask for the list of videos a supreme court nominee rented". And the store gave him the list and he subsequently published it and then congress panicked as they knew their rental history could be next.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act

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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by f-securus on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:05AM (#36311313)

So we need to purchase this sensitive data for congress members and publish it. Seems straightforward.

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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by brainfish on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @11:42AM (#36311904)

John Oliver did it[1] and "blackmailed" congress to act. Still crickets.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqn3gR1WTcA

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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by hinkley on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:10PM (#36312328)

John has plenty of other wins.

A part of me still routinely wants Jon Stewart to move to Tennessee and run for the Turtle’s Congressional seat, on a platform of veteran and emergency worker welfare if nothing else.

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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by dylan604 on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:27PM (#36312648)

is carpet bagging still a negative? the last time i even heard it discussed was when Hillary "moved" to New York.

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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by hinkley on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:08PM (#36312297)

We should be doing this kind of shit every week. Congress critters are supposed to represent us but most represent a cartoon version of their constituency or eventually just themselves.

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Re:U.S. Spy Agencies Buy Vast Quantities of Americans’ Perso... by JohnFen on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @12:54PM (#36313117)

Congresspeople represent their corporate masters.

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