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[–] Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I've read a bunch of articles over the last few years about how a lot of law enforcement agencies are finding that instead of getting a warrant and doing a bunch of surveillance they can just buy people's private data from a data broker and get more info than they would have been able, or allowed, to gather if they'd gotten the warrant.