Patel Confirms The FBI Is Buying Your Personal Data, Here’s How To Find What They Have On You
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I don’t know what you expected here, but yeah, the FBI is buying up personal user data. This isn’t that surprising, I guess, but what’s news is that this is the first confirmation that they’re doing it after they said they weren’t back in 2023.
“We do purchase commercially available information that’s consistent with the Constitution and the laws under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and it has led to some valuable intelligence for us,” Patel told senators at the Intelligence Committee’s annual Worldwide Threats hearing.
Now it’s still true that the Supreme Court requires law enforcement to have a warrant before gathering data on people. But there’s no law against just picking up data if it’s already commercially available… LOOPHOLE!
The internet is a gold mine of personal data. Why shouldn’t the government be allowed their own pickaxe?
Well, now some politicians are arguing that this loophole should be closed because it’s fundamentally unamerican. Something, something freedom…
“Doing that without a warrant is an outrageous end run around the Fourth Amendment, it’s particularly dangerous given the use of artificial intelligence to comb through massive amounts of private information,” said Senator Ron Wyden.
But Committee Chair Tom Cotton clapped back, “The key words are commercially available. If any other person can buy it, and the FBI can buy it, and it helps them locate a depraved child molester or savage cartel leader, I would certainly hope the FBI is doing anything it can to keep Americans safe.”
Damn, why these guys all arguing all the time? Can’t they just agree on things? 🙁
This is all part of a series of ongoing senate hearings so we’ll just have to see how this plays out.
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