haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 11 months agoNo new boss at NSA until it answers questions on buying location, browsing datawww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squareSaprophyte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·edit-211 months agoSo… He doesn’t care that companies are selling this information, his only concern is who’s buying it? Gee, I wonder how many of these companies selling his constituents information is paying for his campaign?
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoHe is not a dictator. But he does have influence over the government.
minus-squareSaprophyte@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoEU and the UK both put in privacy protections for their citizens. Neither of those are dictatorships
minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoBut one lawmaker didn’t impose those laws own his or her own decision. On his own he is making the NSA publicly accountable.
So… He doesn’t care that companies are selling this information, his only concern is who’s buying it? Gee, I wonder how many of these companies selling his constituents information is paying for his campaign?
He is not a dictator. But he does have influence over the government.
EU and the UK both put in privacy protections for their citizens. Neither of those are dictatorships
But one lawmaker didn’t impose those laws own his or her own decision.
On his own he is making the NSA publicly accountable.