> NSA officials told Wyden that not only is the intelligence agency purchasing data on Americans located in the US but that it also bought Americans' Internet metadata.
Oh Iām no fan of the NSA purchasing untold amounts of data about Americans, but seriously how can you blame them for it when the data is readily and legally available for purchase by pretty much anyone? These datasets shouldnāt exist in the first place.
Iām with ya on that. I could rant on and on about privacy, but this aināt the place for that, I guess. The govāt promised if we let ISPs and telcos turn over our data they could catch all the terrorists, and now 20 years later they canāt even catch kids making prank phone calls (SWATting) or telemarketers.
I guess itās true, people get the leadership they deserve.
No, their job is to spy on NON DOMESTIC citizens. A court ruled that what they did under Snowden was illegal as fuck and they pinky swore not to do it anymore. Them spying on American citizens that donāt communicate with foreigners is supposed to be illegal. You said it so confidently, but you are mistaken.