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Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk

Hacker News Best / 26 March 2026 / Yesterday
Government agencies buy commercial data about Americans in bulk
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Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5752369/ice-surveillance-data-brokers-congress-anthropic Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47527130 Points: 264 # Comments: 80
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