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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@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. đŸ˜‚