• JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    24 hours ago

    I mean, they absolutely could and it would be absolutely trivial to compare a database of crime rates to your departure location. The question should really be “Are they checking if I’m in a shady neighborhood?”

    • dumples@midwest.social
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      12 hours ago

      Don’t even need to compare. Just putting something like zip-9 / location into a machine learning model and it will do it for you. Just using advanced models to reinforce redlining