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- A declassified report has revealed that US government agencies are buying citizens’ personal info.
- The “commercially available information” comes from phones, cars, cookies, and more.
- The report also acknowledges several problems with this practice.
It should come as no surprise to hear that companies and other entities have access to your personal data. But a newly declassified report has revealed that US intelligence and spy agencies buy the personal data of American citizens.
The Office of the Directorate of National Intelligence (ODNI) posted a declassified report detailing the scope of this practice (h/t: TechCrunch). The report confirms that agencies buy citizens’ so-called commercially available information (CAI).