Spy agencies buying your data: The new surveillance state no one is talking about
The U.S. and European intelligence agencies are purchasing commercial personal data harvested from the advertising ecosystem.
This practice, called advertising-based intelligence or AdInt, allows agencies to access location, political views, and religious beliefs.
Oversight bodies lack authority to review or block government contracts with data brokers.
The same datasets bought by Western agencies are equally available to foreign adversaries.
Stronger regulation and oversight would reduce national security vulnerabilities created by AdInt.
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