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I've been warning about this moment for two decades over at Techdirt The U.S. is too corrupt to regulate data brokers (and their exploitation and sale of location data) and the check has come due

Raphael Satter@raphae.li

Scoop: Central Command is getting reports that military personnel are being targeted using commercially available location data. Few details available, but it’s a sign that the tech industry’s advertising-surveillance complex is having consequences on the battlefield. www.reuters.com/business/med...

reuters.comExclusive: Pentagon says US military personnel are reportedly being targeted using location dataIt's an illustration of how the global surveillance ‌economy is shaping the battlefield.

at least we banned TikTok* (sold it to Trump's billionaire friends)

Congress also quickly moved to pass a law protecting the privacy of rich jet owners, so that's nice

techdirt.comThe U.S. Finally Passes An Internet Privacy Law… For Rich Jet OwnersThe U.S. yet yet to pass even a basic internet-era privacy law — or regulate data brokers. And while there’s a lot of misdirection and pretense to the contrary, the primary reason is (1…

28/5/26, 12:56 pm28 reposts192 likes

oh and when the FCC tried to fine AT&T for collecting sensitive customer movement data and lying to customers about it, the Trump Fifth circuit vacated the ruling, so that was also nice

techdirt.com5th Circuit Obediently Lets AT&T Off The Hook For Major Location Data Privacy ViolationsFor decades, major wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile collected vast troves of sensitive user location and movement data, then sold access to any random nitwit with two nickels to ru…

the U.S. is too corrupt to function perhaps my friends at libertarian "free market" think tanks can crack this case

we don't have meaningful data broker regulations and a functional modern privacy law for two reasons: 1. Congress has been corrupted by a vast web of industries who have prioritized money over public safety and national security. 2. The U.S. exploits this to spy on Americans and avoid warrants.

Poor @wyden.senate.gov out here doing all the heavy lifting on privacy while Congress rots from the inside out from corruption the country refuses to do anything about.

@vagabending.bsky.social

It really is cute when Americans are like India is so corrupt and meanwhile the US is just doing the same thing in different ways.

we have no room to talk about any other country at this point It's a total fucking clown show

America is not a country. It's a plantation.

This Ain’t Michael

@micheil.bsky.social

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@mmmvegas.bsky.social

What about poor jet owners? No one ever does anything for them.

@jjkettlewell.bsky.social

I wonder if Trump's continuous posts on Truth are used by adversaries to track his every movement in real time?