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 NZ Police spent about $91M on contractors and consultants including IT last year. Their work has enabled cops to build a system with 7M "person identities" with data including that from people's social media. 

Are you in their databases? Sounds like if you use the internet in Aotearoa New Zealand, you'll be there.

The lack of openness & oversight and massive spend annoy me. Others may have extra concerns nostr:npub1rfqf8pkgkjuk2w72prwhkdxtzl9xns6pkmuqzndlmq6jafk6wkuqqsx0td nostr:npub1szys3wkdr7yu3sex4wu5pdaaerq0uuhsh0zjgpphz69l0ttq95hqvuettv https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/499280/police-spending-millions-to-fix-glaring-technology-system-deficiencies