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Re:US Government demands direct police access to European bi... by SturgeonsLaw on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @05:22PM (#34154663)
> Btw, these lists are csv files often...some sophistication.

And surely this critically sensitive data is not left on a shared location with loose permissions, or sent around as an email attachment, right? ...right?

I'm worried about the ability of this data to enable authoritarianism and I'm also worried about it being handled by those with the competence of the average government official.

"Never blame on malice what you can blame on stupidity", however the problem is government has both of those in spades.

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Re:US Government demands direct police access to European bi... by u10 on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @05:29PM (#34154734)
Critical sensitive data? You can access the lists directly in several different formats, all publically available... Wouldn't be much of a sanctions list if you couldn't

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/financial-sanctio...

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Re:US Government demands direct police access to European bi... by xordon on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @06:41PM (#34155475)
Sanctioned persons are not the same as politically exposed persons. You are still allowed to do business with PEPs.
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