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Hacked data shines light on homeland security’s AI surveillance ambitions (www.theguardian.com)

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The data throws new light on the department’s surveillance ambitions in the wake of the agency’s unprecedented $165bn funding boost in last year’s tax and spending bill, and controversies over agents’ apparent gathering of visual and biometric data on protesters in Minneapolis.

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[–] mrnobody@reddthat.com 3 points 20 hours ago

well, they tell you they hold data for up to 7 years for legal reasons, but I deleted this stuff about 10+ years ago.

Unfortunately, Facebook build data profiles for non users too, so they can continue tracking based on crappy face detection or people being tagged in photos. I don't really know if it's even worth trying to sue, because they could "accidentally acquire" info about you from data brokers when they buy in bulk.

However, it never hurts to minimize what they have access to!