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Senator says NSA is buying up Americans' browser habits

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US Senator Ron Wyden asked US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to stop US intelligence agencies from purchasing Americans' unlawfully collected personal data. Wyden said that not only are US. intelligence agencies buying location data harvested from Americans' smartphones that would normally. require a court order, but the NSA has been purchasing. Americans' domestic internet metadata, including their browsing habits.

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The Jig is Up: NSA Is Buying Your Browser History, Says U.S. Senator

The National Security Agency (NSA) is purchasing Americans’ internet records, according to government documents made public on Friday. U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, wrote a letter claiming the NSA goes through backchannel avenues to purchase your browsing records and location data, which government…Read more...

3 months ago·United States

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