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[–] 34 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Is this the same lexisnexis that does like book and research paper databases for university libraries?

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  • [–] 26 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I used to work for a giant bank in the fraud department and had full access to lexis Nexis. It was horrifying 15 years ago. It's gotta be so much worse now.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago*

    Shut them down for good. They collect a shit ton of data and sell it to anyone. Your car's telemetry data get collected and they sell it to insurance companies.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    They're all fucking creeps.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago

    It's probably Palantir doing their thing now that LN has sold it's wares to ICE

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    I worked for a financial institution that used their services to try and locate account holders with undeliverable mail.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I used to work for a Sheriff's Office that used this system. It was a mass center of consumer and civilian data.

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