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this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2024
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Anyone can buy this data. It's just a regular product. What would a warrant have to do with anything.
Warrants are important checks on an otherwise unchecked behemoth that could easily make most people disappear in one way or another.
As much as I hate it, I was under the impression that US government agencies routinely purchased user data from brokers because it was a workaround for warrant requirements to acquire the data themselves.
Yeah, the real problem is that the data was made available for sale.
Ah yes, the 'I singlehandedly thought it was the expected result" explanation. If true, still not helpful.
Ah yes, the condescending prick with poor reading comprehension.