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I'd like to see the same kind of scrutiny of private information handling by conventional government departments. https://www.moneyness.ca/2024/07/your-finance

I'd like to see the same kind of scrutiny of private information handling by conventional government departments. https://www.moneyness.ca/2024/07/your-finances-are-being-snooped-on.html?m=1 https://www.moneyness.ca/2024/07/your-finances-are-being-sno... >472 different U.S. law enforcement agencies at the Federal, state, and local levels have the ability to directly query FinCEN's database of CTRs, suspicious activity reports, and more. This amounts to around 14,000 law enforcement officers who can search through the personal financial data of American citizens. In 2023, these 14,000 users conducted 2.3 million searches using FinCEN's query tool. >FinCEN's data can also be downloaded in bulk form to the in-house servers of eleven different federal agencies, including the FBI, ICE, and the IRS. Bulk access (also known as Agency Integrated Access) means that the FBI, ICE, IRS, and eight other agencies don't need to use FinCEN's query tool. This bulk data can be access by another 35,000 agents. Alas, FinCEN doesn't track how many in-house searches were conducted by these agents in 2023, but I'd guess it's in the tens if not hundreds of millions.

linksnapzz 9mo ago
You won't; at least not in the Grauniad.
LastTrain 9mo ago
Yes but in this case we have caught someone red-handed, why would you bring this other stuff up other than to distract from this known abuse? Sticking with topic at hand, do think we should prosecute those involved in this theft of data?
- ETH_start 9mo ago
  When private information is as widely shared as it currently is by government bodies, I think it's important to point out selective coverage of privacy violations, while the systemic encroachment of privacy rights continues unabated by 20 plus agencies. In fact, a contrarian political entity created by an outside party — as the DOGE is/was — may be the kind of shock to major institutions that could lead to real positive change, in terms of greater transparency into and accountability over how these major institutions operate.

linksnapzz 9mo ago

You won't; at least not in the Grauniad.

LastTrain 9mo ago

Yes but in this case we have caught someone red-handed, why would you bring this other stuff up other than to distract from this known abuse? Sticking with topic at hand, do think we should prosecute those involved in this theft of data?

ETH_start 9mo ago
When private information is as widely shared as it currently is by government bodies, I think it's important to point out selective coverage of privacy violations, while the systemic encroachment of privacy rights continues unabated by 20 plus agencies. In fact, a contrarian political entity created by an outside party — as the DOGE is/was — may be the kind of shock to major institutions that could lead to real positive change, in terms of greater transparency into and accountability over how these major institutions operate.