DHS 'Predictive Policing' Unit Is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits
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A DHS predictive policing unit analyzes Americans' financial data and has local police pull them over without specific suspicion.
404 Media reveals a secretive DHS Border Patrol unit called PITT (Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team) that analyzes Americans' financial activity and other data. The unit feeds intelligence to local police who then pull people over for traffic stops without suspicion of a specific crime. The article names the Laredo Sector Tech Ops PITT as one such unit. The full article is behind a paywall.
What commenters are saying
Commenters draw parallels to Minority Report and surveillance capitalism. One camp sees this as predictable misuse of 'big data' policing, noting historical patterns where such systems target marginalized groups. Others argue KYC regulations enable this surveillance and advocate for cash and non-KYC crypto. A debate emerges over whether KYC is necessary to prevent money laundering or primarily enables mass surveillance.