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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I guess I will leave this here.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/13/us-intelligence-report-purchase-americans-personal-data/

Remember this when the people in power disagree with your personal values. [/quote]

Yet another private company helping the government's surveillance apparatus:

https://theintercept.com/2023/06/20/lexisnexis-ice-surveillance-license-plates/

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In practice, this means ICE is using software to “automate” the hunt for suspicious-looking blips in the data, or links between people, places, and property. It is unclear how such blips in the data can be linked to immigration infractions or criminal activity, but the contract’s use of the term “automate” indicates that ICE is to some extent letting computers make consequential conclusions about human activity.
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If you can read the entire Intercept article through your aluminum foil body suit, kudos.

And if this is really a good-faith concern (it’s not), the use of data can be controlled through the contract.[/quote]

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