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A comment on DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits. Parent comment

Re:DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Fi... by kart23 on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @12:49PM (#49612900)
spending taxpayer money on buying the taxpayers data from credit card companies.

imagine paying someone to buy your own information to spy on you, pretty incredible system that we've come up with

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Re:DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Fi... by mrguyorama on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @02:18PM (#49614429)
Explicitly bypasses your rights too! Cops don't need a warrant if they can buy it with your money.
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Re:DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Fi... by pauldavis on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @05:28PM (#49617328)
This is exactly "information retrieval charges" from the film "Brazil"
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