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minus-squareTheGibberishGuy@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·7 months agoWasn’t there something like this already? Swear I read couple months ago something about a police force buying data off data brokers to get around protections in place.
minus-squaresmoothbrain coldtakeslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months agoYeah it happened in the US though. Not that Canadian data standards are much higher.
minus-squarewise_pancakelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoNo the article was about the rcmp doing it too.
minus-squareShowroom7561linkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoOh, FFS. That doesn’t even surprise me at this point!
Wasn’t there something like this already? Swear I read couple months ago something about a police force buying data off data brokers to get around protections in place.
Yeah it happened in the US though.
Not that Canadian data standards are much higher.
No the article was about the rcmp doing it too.
Oh, FFS. That doesn’t even surprise me at this point!