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		chernevik on June 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The US Census now has an API (3B) Census data on some topics can move markets. If someone hacks to get a five minute lead time, the key policy gives them a start on figuring out who and maybe how.

fennecfoxen on June 7, 2012 [–]

Right. Because if I hack a website I'm totally going to log in with a totally real set of credentials traceable back to me.

Besides, this is the 2010 American Community Survey. Pretty sure it's moved all the markets it's going to move by now.

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