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NSA Buys Americans’ Internet Data Without Warrants, Letter Says(www.reuters.com)

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NSA Director Paul Nakasone confirmed such purchases in his letter to Wyden, saying the data collected “may include information associated with electronic devices being used outside - and, in certain cases, inside - the United States.”

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library_napper@monyet.cc
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ISPs weren’t selling it then. Now its part of their business model. That’s an important difference.

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RandoCalrandian@kbin.social
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ISP’s have been collecting and selling browser history since 2010 at least

Them was Obama years, iirc

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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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IIRC that shit started in the mid to late 90s, so under Billy Clinton

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