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[imglorp]

Good point, gov has less reason to sell your data

[dylan604 → imglorp]

Yeah, that federal deficit surely doesn't need any help getting paid down /s

However, this isn't to say that someone doesn't get the bright idea that they could fund some sort of slush fund with this.

[jakeogh → imglorp]

Personal data sold to model and modify behavior. It's even more valuable to gov agencies, which spend spend drastically more than the private sector to get it.

[naveen99 → imglorp]

Doesn’t stop usps for making money from spam, or from speed traps from being primarily dedicated to revenue from out of towners.