Is it just Western Union transactions though? The article didn't really seem clear on that

Well, let’s start bets on Trump vs Kushner…. Who wins? You decide! Epic rap battles of history!!!!

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Land of the free…….. time and time again we are presented proof that Americans don’t actually have the rights they think they do.

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Yeah Republicans pushed that back in 2001 under the patriot act.

And now MasterCard has a panel at the WEF in Switzerland. They want to implement digital currency ha

Something their base conveniently forgets…. Patriot act is an absolute travesty of our time.

We have guns and meth, though.

And little orange hands to rock us all to sleep.

And all those Conservatives and rich people who liked the idea of spying on political enemies or corporate competitors, won't they have a pikachu face?

Cheetos, Cheezits, and Cheese Puff Balls

I would expect the US to track all money transfers between all countries. Isn't that an essential part of maintaining a sovereign currency?

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Honestly with the patriot act I just assume they monitor any transactions or possibly even communications to specific areas or counties around the globe.

Unpaywalled source: https://www.engadget.com/us-money-transfer-mass-surveillance-trac-183552282.html

"TRAC captures money transfers occurring through companies such as Western Union, MoneyGram, DolEx and Euronet through its Ria brand"

Seems pretty clear to me.

well fuck me for not being able to read past the soft paywall

I now know why I didn't get that western union job. I went on a mini rant about how privacy matters and Snowden was shafted by America. I would have leaked this right away after joining their infosec team.

Over 2/3 of the House Democrats voted for it too.

There were only 66 votes against it, which also included 3 Republicans. Ron Paul, Butch otter, and Robert ney.

But the other 63 were Democrats.

>digital currency

"We just had 10 bajillion customer accounts stolen by hackers! Oopsy. On an unrelated note, have you considered linking your checking account to your account with us?"

Who are you kidding, they can't even stop Nigerian princes from scamming grandma and grandpa.

Because drug runner get loans and money transfers from HSBC and Nigerian princes operate money order scams yet all the databases for what?

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I am super disappointed in Reddit that I, when considering posting this article myself, had to search to see if anyone else already shared it and found this with just 635 upvotes....this should be front page Reddit.....

Thank you for sharing OP!