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FBI says hackers are sending fraudulent police data requests to tech giants to steal people's private information (techcrunch.com)

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The warning is a rare admission from the FBI about the threat from fake emergency data requests submitted by hackers with access to police email accounts.

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[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's not unconstitutional if the companies give the info willingly.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just because they found a stupid loophole doesn't make it any more acceptable. They're using our tax dollars to pay corporations that are spying on us, for our information. What they should be doing in a functional world is outlawing the companies from spying on us to begin with.

[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

The government too. Snowden showed us what was going on and the government wants to arrest him