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CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

Yeah so bad news. The government has routinely purchased data like this as an end run around the 4th Amendment. The data is collected by a third party, often with the customers “consent”.

This is why we need stricter privacy controls around our data. The fact that this data was collated in the first place is problematic. The fact that it’s being sold for profit is abhorrent.

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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The mental trick that keeps on giving. When government does it - it’s automatically bad, but when a private business does it - it’s between the business and its customers. Then all the gov’t needs to do is become a customer on the B2B side.

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- reiterationstation@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It’s like that because we vote in weak mediators that don’t do shit.
  
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  - avidamoeba@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    True. But I think to a great extent that’s the case because business funds the weak ones and spends good money to convince us to elect them. Then they keep the profits rolling. Rinse and repeat.
    
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  - gradual@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    And we vote them in because the people that will do shit will inevitably fuck with the money of neo-liberals.
    
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prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

The fact that it’s being sold for profit is abhorrent.

Not even just profit now, but literally for the furtherance of the cruelty and suffering being dispensed by ICE

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reiterationstation@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The government was voted by us so at this point you need to be telling your fellow citizens that there are fucking stupid and we must remove everyone from office at this point.

So we’re fucked. We’re fucked!

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- FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It’s not really a problem with the government though. This company collates and sells the data. They sold it to the government, who have every right to buy it if it’s being sold legally.
  
  For those thinking this would only be a new thing under the current government, think again. These records are a goldmine for any and all intelligence agencies around the world, and it’s all been available for as long as online flight bookings have been a thing.
  
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