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FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms (techcrunch.com)
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[-] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 11 points 3 weeks ago

Back in the Before Trump Times, the US Congress actually passed laws that restrained the intelligence services' ability to use their unique capabilities to spy on Americans.

OFC they left the out that if anyone could buy the info off-the-shelf, that could hardly be illegal now, could it?

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