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NSA Orders Employees to Spy on the World “With Dignity and Respect” (theintercept.com)

submitted 1 year ago by shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dig the latter part of the statement, but that first half bugs me. Shouldn't they have a warrant in order to monitor someone to an extent where this needs to be stated?

[–] andruid@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah we need to fix our "third party" data collection laws probably more at the source of the problem. Third parties like ISPs, platforms, and other companies part of the surveillance economy have too many rights to collect and distribute PII and to few legal and technical protections for people's privacy.