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Re:The US Census now has an API by chernevik on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @10:03PM (#4077237)
(3B) Census data on some topics can move markets. If someone hacks to get a five minute lead time, the key policy gives them a start on figuring out who and maybe how.
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Re:The US Census now has an API by fennecfoxen on Thursday June 07, 2012 @01:40AM (#4077756)
Right. Because if I hack a website I'm totally going to log in with a totally real set of credentials traceable back to me.

Besides, this is the 2010 American Community Survey. Pretty sure it's moved all the markets it's going to move by now.

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