This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone… The five eyes (and nine eyes) nations all share data in the name of “stopping terrorism”.
Australia said to grant US access to Australians’ biometric data
Submitted 1 month ago by Beep@lemmus.org to technology@lemmy.world
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dan@upvote.au 1 month ago
MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
stopping terrorism
More like I’ll spy on your people, you spy on mine (which is illegal / unpopular), swapsies.
Zink@programming.dev 1 month ago
Well hey, at least our rights-obliterating global surveillance apparatus is already named like the bad guys in a stupid action movie!
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Why?
Just that. Why? Who is actually dumb enough to think that that is a good idea?
Dutch intelligence agencies already stopped sharing certain types of information with the US after trump then used that for his personal quick gain, destroying years of intelligence work.
This isn’t even intelligence, this is your citizens. This is data on your citizens that the US WILL abuse.
So, why?
REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Money
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Likely because they are a close partner in the intelligence network UKUSA.
SpicyLizards@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Every right they take will be used against us
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
I believe Canada is also introducing legislation to increase the amount of data on its citizens that it shares with the USA. In the current climate these moves seem crazy.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Any sources on that?
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Until recently the Canadian government was pushing Bill C-2:
eff.org/…/canadas-bill-c-2-opens-floodgates-us-su…
They have now toned it down a bit but there are still concerns:
dhork@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Crikey
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Why?
pfr@piefed.social 1 month ago
Because we’ll always be too scared to say no to the US. We’re their bitch at this point. We’re a little less loud then they are, but we’re just as fucked up where it counts.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.social 1 month ago
Inshallah we see the fall of the entire anglosphere in our lifetimes.
nosuchanon@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Palantir is hungry for more data.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Palate is hungry for deez nuts.
nforminvasion@lemmy.world 1 month ago
*skynet
fizzle@quokk.au 1 month ago
Not lots of detail, probably just photos and fingerprints for Australians arriving in the US.
JackBinimbul@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
jfc
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 1 month ago
The “Five Eyes” concept has to be the dumbest, most transparent example of the “I’m not touching you” defense to charges of constitution circumvention.
Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
??
thenoirwolfess@lemmynsfw.com 1 month ago
Acronym for ‘Jesus fucking Christ’, referencing a book character. In this sense it conveys a sense of shock/disbelief.
Hegar@fedia.io 1 month ago
Literally word for word my first thought.