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Biden signs executive order to stop Russia and China from buying Americans’ personal data | The bulk sale of geolocation, genomic, financial and health data will be off-limits to “countries of conc...::President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to limit the mass-sale of Americans’ personal data to “countries of concern,” including Russia and China.

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[-] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 2 points 6 months ago

unless the government has followed the legal process required for compelled disclosure.

I don't see why we can't just say that for everything. If the government wants the data, they can get a warrant. It's not that hard - don't we regularly complain warrants are too rubber stamped?

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