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am I the only one who doesn't get people who write stupid titles ? let's read this again: "FBI Is Building a Watchlist" ok they're spending time and money to make a surveillance system. "That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees." and they give that system to "companies" so they can track their own employees ?! ?! WTF

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They don't "give the system" to employers. The system is part of the FBI's main biometric database. Basically, a small set of employers who have been using this database (which is the same database that all fingerprinted criminals are entered into) for background checks, now can subscribe to get notifications from it if you're arrested sometime after your background check was done.

Yes, it's a clickbaity title, but essentially sort of correct.

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