No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic
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No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic
@evacide This! I'd say "100 times this", but 100 is far too low!
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No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic
@evacide
ohohh i still remember how big an issue it was when Germanys administration bought data about tax evaders…
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(but even here i am pretty sure this level of protection is reserved for tax evaders - if they do it to identify trans people, people with mental illness etc there will be nobody to complain… yes that kind of society we have become)
ok not directly data brokers but a case where the state acts similarly buying data they otherwise are not allowed to aquire
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@ArcMother @evacide Sex work is a great way to meet horrible men. Never worked in a club, but, it makes sense, on the FSSW side I got a lot of lawyers, political sorts, some "defense" folks, a few tech employees, too.
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No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic
@evacide Yes. How?
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No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic
@evacide AND everyone involved in it sent to prison. That second part is EQUALLY important. Otherwise they'll just do it again.
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No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic
"We certainly wouldn't imagine a scenario where the police said, 'We're going to search your house. We don't have a warrant, but we paid your landlord $100 to give us a spare key. So now we're searching your house without a warrant,'" Laperruque said.
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@ArcMother 'full service sex work'
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No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic
@evacide It would solve a mountain of problems.
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No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic
@evacide It seems reasonable to -- at a *minimum* -- regulate them to the same extent as the OG data brokers, Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion.
But making that business illegal would also be fine with me.
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No really, I am not kidding when I say that the data broker industry must be destroyed: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic
@evacide the irony of NPR’s cookie consent pop-up on this article that only shows because I’m logged in to a VPN.
