alt Hacker NewsThe entities holding the information here are literally police departments. The information itself is evidence, used in active criminal investigations. It's good to want things, though.
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jedberg • last Wednesday at 2:29 AM
I know, that's why I said "including law enforcement" :)
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The information is not in any way restricted to use in active criminal investigations, and further, has been found to frequently be used for a variety of other purposes.
It's a bit like saying pornography is used in the study of human anatomy.