Comment by random_moonwalk
8 years ago
What would stop the government from just getting this stuff from a third-party who has purchased it?
8 years ago
What would stop the government from just getting this stuff from a third-party who has purchased it?
Nothing, that's one reason why these companies exist. Its corporate surveillance
Probably the same above-named act.
But that act says it's telecoms that can't sell it to the government. Doesn't the government purchase data from other 3rd party entities anyways?
I've never read the act but such a hole would be so gaping that it would even embarrass congress and telecoms lobbyists. I can't possibly imagine that they didn't close it.
EDIT: Maybe I was too optimistic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17082213