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and that's not even the worst effect. i have worked on implementations of AML/KYC/CTF at many financial institutions, but last year i saw them used to block ban
by momirlan 3y ago
and that's not even the worst effect. i have worked on implementations of AML/KYC/CTF at many financial institutions, but last year i saw them used to block banking access to citizens protesting the Canadian government. these procedures were not built for blocking civil dissent.
but now any citizen is just one step away to having a "terrorist" label attached, and banned from accessing their accounts.
- user6723 3y agoWas kinda the original intent so yeah
- tanseydavid 3y agoACLU: "Hastily passed 45 days after 9/11 in the name of national security, the Patriot Act was the first of many changes to surveillance laws that made it easier for the government to spy on ordinary Americans by expanding the authority to monitor phone and email communications, collect bank and credit reporting records, and track the activity of innocent Americans on the Internet. While most Americans think it was created to catch terrorists, the Patriot Act actually turns regular citizens into suspects." https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/surveillance-under-patriot-act https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/privacy-and-su...