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14 points·cempaka··8 comments

The real shocker here, beyond the fact non-custodial parents have their private information available under a warantless locator like they are hunted dogs, is that apparently we're ALL in there and people tasked with child support appear to have access to people who aren't even financially connected to children.

https://archive.ph/M21Z5

There is nothing odd about government employees looking at government databases. These sorts of audits should be routine.

"Government employees" undergo security checks, probity checks and training. As a fan of government I tend to relate why it's slow, dinasoar like, adopts amazingly baroque "I checked threw times and wrote it twice" methods.

None of these audits are being conducted in ways which feel like good faith. They're shit stirring for political gain.

'baroque "I checked threw times and wrote it twice" methods.'

Unintentional, but accurate.

Good enough for government work, at any rate

These government employees haven't been through any security vetting or training and have political motives. So, yes, this is extremely odd. Stop normalizing what is absolutely not normal.

Audits are routine. There have been many media reports of late pointing out past audits of US Government accounts. They are commonplace in Canada, the UK, and AU also.

These "sorts of audits" are not routine for a reason - they're a disorganised clown show with ulterior motives to core out government functioning from the inside.

> These sorts of audits should be routine.

Precisely why people are concerned by a kangaroo council getting hand-tailored to do it.

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