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  1. In light of today's mass pager explosion attack, it's worth reviewing the general problem of targeting people based on cell phone numbers, as Israel has been doing in Gaza.
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      Reporting from @972mag last year noted that 90% accuracy was seen as adequate by the Israeli military for Lavender, an AI system meant to categorize all Gazans as either members or non-members of Hamas.
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        Non-members of Hamas were put on the list for numerous reasons, according to anonymous workers in the program: those w/ "similar communication patterns": incl. police, civil defense workers, militants’ relatives, those w/ similar names, and users of discarded phones.
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          Reporting is here: 972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/
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