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		nojvek on Nov 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Full text search on 400M US court cases Weapons of math destruction. This would be one of them. The data here is emvarassing for individuals and it can be looked up for decades in history. I know this was always public but this makes it too easy for masses to dig through the troves. Scares me. Next thing I see is some AR glasses that do facial recognition and correlate name -> public records. Could be a nasty blackmail tactic. Some things are close to Black mirror in reality.

caseyscottmckay on Nov 20, 2020 [–]

So the data should be public (as it always has been), but it should not be easily accessible?

nojvek on Nov 22, 2020 | [–]

No. Data should be erased from records after a couple of years for individuals with pretty crimes.

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