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The US uses this kind data for epidemiology studies. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was used for law enforcement purposes too.

• duxup 8y ago
  You'd think it would eventually come up in a court case. Granted they could use the data and then somehow make up an excuse for coming up with another reason to observe something but that too would be kinda clunky and obvious and would come up.
  • sueders101 8y ago
    "Granted they could use the data and then somehow make up an excuse for coming up with another reason to observe something but that too would be kinda clunky and obvious and would come up." It's actually a very common technique known as parallel construction. Apologies in advance if you were being sarcastic; I'm not great at reading tone in comments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction#By_the_United_States_Drug_Enforcement_Administration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction#By_the_U...
    • duxup 8y ago
      Doing it for say drugs in a sewer would seem to be a much harder deal I would think. You gotta come up with a better excuse than say a car stop.
  • ocfx 8y ago
    You can't determine where the waste came from