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    In Fraud Detection, Everything You Do Online and Off Is a Clue

    Companies are employing new techniques to detect fraud and tax evasion, from license-plate readers to the way you hold your phone.
    by Sidney Fussell Oct 16, 2018 3 minutes
    Source: Paul J. Richardson / Getty

    The breakneck speed of emerging technology and the old age of the Constitution make for a number of legislative idiosyncrasies. For example, if a tax agency suspected you of filing fraudulent claims, it would be illegal under the for an agent to bug your car with a GPS tracker and follow your movements. But it would be entirely legal for the agent to take pictures of your license plate multiple times throughout the day as you traveled, and then compile those images into

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