• PeeOnYou [he/him]@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    the US gov't definitely doesn't buy your data, they slurp up every electronic signal they can get and store it all in their yottabyte complex in Utah they've been siphoning off internet traffic from fiber cables at ISPs since fiber became a thing

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      1 year ago

      they do both

      https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/us-government-buys-data-americans-little-oversight-report-finds-rcna89035

      https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/6/16/23762403/data-odni-report-wyden

      https://www.wired.com/story/ndaa-2023-davidson-jacobs-fourth-amendment/