From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance

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From help to harm: How the government is quietly repurposing everyone’s data for surveillance

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technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 days ago

Under the guise of efficiency and fraud prevention, the federal government is breaking down data silos to collect and aggregate information on virtually everyone in the US.

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