Recent reports have revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) and other U.S. intelligence and defense organizations are purchasing sensitive Internet metadata, including wholly domestic communications, from data brokers. This practice, which has been described as operating outside legal mandates, involves obtaining personal data that typically requires a court order. Senator Wyden has highlighted the issue, indicating that the data being bought includes Americans' browser histories and smartphone data. The government is reportedly using an extra-legal National Security exception to bypass the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirements, as part of a super secret mass surveillance regime, which has raised concerns about privacy and the legality of such actions.
US defense and intelligence services are buying troves of data about Americans on the open market https://t.co/GpJnCMCVQA #Apple
Wyden Releases Documents Confirming the NSA Buys Americans' Internet Browsing Records: https://t.co/pQ3meipB6J by darkreading #infosec #cybersecurity #technology #news
As NSA buys up Americans' browser records, Uncle Sam is asked to knock it off https://t.co/KR0srj3PEs
NSA finally admits to spying on Americans by purchasing sensitive data https://t.co/EJYdQZFESm
The Jig is Up: NSA Is Buying Your Browser History, Says U.S. Senator https://t.co/rxiWh8EIiY https://t.co/iLhYMWyAwX
The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans' Data Without a Warrant https://t.co/4WhPzyQpns
US Senator: NSA Needs to Stop Buying Americans' Info From Shady Data Brokers https://t.co/8r8rSA7tb0
US intelligence and defense organizations are operating outside mandates to spy on American citizens by buying a wealth of personal data through brokers, and a senator wants the practice stopped. By @Amber_M_Neely https://t.co/U69D5qlXBe
NSA buys personal data illegally-obtained from smartphone users, reveals senator https://t.co/hl1ZsB6SA9 by @benlovejoy
No surprise. Right after 9/11 Prez authorized super secret mass surveillance regime including domestic comms. Gov’t views data brokers as exempt from 4A warrants because they hold biz records & voids privacy. Gov’t buying under extra-legal NatSec exception.https://t.co/tp8B0XoQGU
The NSA is at it again. As reported in today’s @nytimes, it’s purchasing Internet metadata, including for “wholly domestic Internet communications,” from data brokers. This is incredibly sensitive data that usually requires a court order to obtain. 1/8 https://t.co/v4bY8aK8sL