Zack Whittaker

New: The U.S. government confirmed that it buys huge amounts of Americans’ personal data for intelligence purposes.

According to a newly declassified report, the commercially available information the government purchases "clearly provides intelligence value," but also "raises significant issues related to privacy and civil liberties."

More: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/13/us-intelligence-report-purchase-americans-personal-data

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Jun 13, 2023 at 10:41amWeb
Show threadmatheoJun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker you mean they use Palantir?
Show threadKevin Karhan Jun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker So people finally realized what #NSAbook and #PRISM exist for....
Show threadJohn GordonJun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker @briankrebs Every time a law limits what the US government can do a new outsourcing option appears. At much higher cost.
Show threadRevJeberJun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker
This should surprise no one. Consider what their job is, to know as much as possible about everything and everyone, everywhere.
Show threadsxpertJun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker and they have the AUDACITY of complaining about GDPR 🤣 🤣
Show threadChris (He/Him)Jun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker remember when we had a right to our own privacy? Then Terms of Use got really long and we all just started checking boxes to get where we were going? That may have been a mistake in hindsight. 😂
Show threadjessvjJun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker
Had a shitty conversation yesterday explaining to my mom why she was getting ads for funeral urns dispite not even knowing how to search on YouTube tv. Told her, her smart tv is listening and attaching tags to her online profile and selling you what's most on your mind right now and that it knows we had a death in the family.
Show threadMxhradJun 13, 2023

@zackwhittaker

How is the government buying this "an outrage," but some no-name sketchy company buying it no big deal?

Both are just as bad and if you didn't care about companies selling your data, you shouldn't care about the government buying it.

Show threadPonceDeolyJun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker why you think Elon bought Twitter?
Doesn't anyone remember Cambridge analytica?
Show threadSam GrossJun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker @briankrebs this is the government officially saying “this is legal… But should it be?”
Show threadTim BeauchampJun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker But we're banning TikTok
Show threadMaybeMyMonkeysJun 13, 2023
@Tbeauchamp @zackwhittaker just Chinese owned TikTok. They are perfectly fine with American owned TikTok.
Show threadMaybeMyMonkeysJun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker likely every government and big business on the planet has purchased the same data and know everything there is to know about Americans. Either give up or pass real privacy laws.
Show threadAviva GaryJun 13, 2023

@zackwhittaker No... no issues since there is no privacy 🙃

(There should be but also consider they just destroyed the right to privacy in law...) 👀

Show threadmsgbiJun 13, 2023
@zackwhittaker ip better than cookies. vpn bogs down @charles_ex
Show threadHistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jun 13, 2023

@zackwhittaker

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