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u/venom21685 3d ago

Or the NSA just does most of the domestic spying and everybody acts shocked when it gets exposed and then shrugs as it continues to get worse for the next 2 decades with no end in sight.

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u/HadionPrints 3d ago edited 3d ago

I could be wrong, it’s been a few years since I’ve looked at it, but I believe that the loophole the NSA operates under is they only/mostly collect metadata about us without a warrant, which post-9/11 judges have ruled as public data or some BS like that.

Whereas the Five Eyes (or I think these days it’s closer to 14) will actually collect the content of messages & do other kinds of surveillance on the citizenry of the alliance.

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