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jagged-chisel • today at 3:41 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

If there's any escape hatch from the limits of the system, they'll be abused.

> Enter warrant ID:

>> We have to rescue a child from a kidnapper! Enter 'amber alert' as the warrant ID to bypass the warrant check!

Suddenly, many more searches (that fail to find a given child) are happening.


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thaumasiotes • today at 7:00 AM

My point is that you misunderstood the comment above you, not that people never lie about the appropriate label for what they're doing.