Police are reading your bank & debit card balances without a warrant!
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Thanks to DHS’s own research & development department if you’re arrested, cops can now read your bank balance!
Police are now able to read our bank credit and debit cards, retail gift cards, library cards, hotel card keys, even magnetic-striped Metrorail cards instantly!
Did you catch that? Police will even know the balance of your commuter train/bus cards, all without a WARRANT!
DHS and Technology Directorate’s Electronic Recovery and Access to Data (ERAD) Prepaid Card Reader is now being used to read EVERY magnetic-striped card.
“The ERAD Prepaid Card Reader is a small, handheld device that uses wireless connectivity to allow law enforcement officers in the field to check the balance of cards. This allows for identification of suspicious prepaid cards and the ability to put a temporary hold on the linked funds until a full investigation can be completed.”
Reading between the lines, once you’re arrested if you’re carrying a ‘suspicious credit or debit card’ police can put a temporary hold on your account! Which begs the question, how the hell can you bail yourself out if they’ve frozen your accounts? What’s to stop a prosecutor/judge from demanding you pay a certain amount in fines or bail? After all, they know EXACTLY how much money is in your bank account.
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