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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by fooker on Thursday February 20, 2025 @05:40AM (#43113203)
Which country and what law are you referring to?

Laws rarely include technical language like SQL joins.

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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by viraptor on Thursday February 20, 2025 @05:45AM (#43113220)
They obviously didn't mean the laws prevent sql joins directly. Those prevent data aggregation, which in practice prevent various technical implementations of that.
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Re:DOGE has 'god mode' access to government data by fooker on Friday February 21, 2025 @12:34AM (#43124343)
It was not that obvious to me.
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