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Re:ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for inv... by direwolf20 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @06:58AM (#46898704)
It's a wakeup call: there's a lot of money in the mass surveillance industry
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Re:ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for inv... by casey2 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @08:16PM (#46907770)
Not really. Surveillance might create an arbitrage opportunity, but insurers hate data they can't trust. The more data the more noise.
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Re:ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for inv... by direwolf20 on Thursday February 05, 2026 @10:21PM (#46908659)
Powerful people are paying a lot of money to locate their dispersed enemies. Think of the system in Palestine that tracks wanted terrorists back to their homes at night, so their whole families can be exploded.
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