Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to keep buying your data

Re:Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to kee... by oneplane on Saturday July 29, 2023 @09:44AM (#36920258)

Because the government can put you in jail and the marketing agency can't. (I think I head this simplified response on the Risky Business podcast)

Realistically, scraping people for their data like this should just not be allowed at all. People are more important than corporations.

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Re:Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to kee... by seanp2k2 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:37AM (#36921302)

But in America, “corporations are people, my friend!”

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Re:Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to kee... by eadler on Saturday July 29, 2023 @11:30PM (#36927555)

Corporate personhood predates the formation of the United States and is not unique to the states.

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Re:Instead of obtaining a warrant, the NSA would like to kee... by jonhohle on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:53PM (#36922740)

The phrase I’m familiar with is Monopoly on Violence.

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