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by globie 385 days ago
>In the vast majority of cases, the US government at least, has to obtain a warrant to collect data on US citizens, so those two sets are not the same

If only that were true[0][1][2][3].

[0] (2022): https://fedscoop.com/dhs-buying-personal-data-from-govt-cont...

[1] (2023): https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116192/documents/...

[2] (2024): https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/tech/the-nsa-buys-americans-i...

[3] (2025): https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-da...