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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 2h
Today's recommended reading: A Colorblind Census in a Racist Society: We Cannot Eliminate Racial Disparities by Refusing to Count Them www.racism.org/articles/rac...
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A Colorblind Census in a Racist Society: We Cannot Eliminate Racial Disparities by Refusing to Count Them
Vernellia R. Randall, A Colorblind Census in a Racist Society: We Cannot Eliminate Racial Disparities by Refusing to Count Them, Racism.org (September 14, 2026). The Census Bureau is accepting publi...
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How long til we find out that AI wrote this flaming pile?
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/09/2026
Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees
Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.
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Sam Stroope @sam-stroope.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
⚠️JOB OPPORTUNITY! The LSU Department of Sociology 🐯 is seeking applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position, at any rank, specializing in Environment and Community. Please share widely! Link: lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0110...
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APDU @apduorg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
88% of comments (so far) oppose proposed changes to the census. But an even larger share of Americans don’t know about this issue or how it will impact them. Starting today, handsoffourcens.us will host a series of weekly briefings to share analysis of comments submitted & why this matters.
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Hands Off Our Census
The Census Bureau has proposed unprecedented changes to the 2030 Census. Public comment closes October 13, 2026. Here's what's proposed and how to weigh in.
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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 25/09/2026
Join us today for our first handsoffourcens.us weekly briefing analyzing comments submitted on the proposed census rule. Here's a sneak peak! 🗓️ Friday, Sept. 25 from 2:30-3pm ET. Then Wednesdays 3-3:30pm ET. 📍 Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 23/09/2026
🚨 Did you know that NCHS has proposed a redesign of the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)? Join our Rapid Response Data Briefing to learn how you can weigh in on these changes. 📍 Register here: tinyurl.com/NHIS-rapid-response
Webinar. Rapid Response Data Briefing: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Redesign. September 29, 2026. 3 - 3:30 PM ET. There is a dark blue background, with a transparent star over it, and the logos of the co-hosts are on the bottom of the graphic.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My latest @npr.org story: Democratic Sen. @warren.senate.gov is demanding that Trump officials explain why the Census Bureau’s parent agency removed a ban on political interference from its scientific integrity policy, as NPR first reported last month www.npr.org/2026/09/24/n...
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Warren demands Trump officials explain removing a ban on interference in census data
Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren asked Trump officials to explain why the Census Bureau's parent agency cut a ban on political interference from its scientific integrity policy, as NPR first reported.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A rare case of "it's not all bad news!" Some of the changes to NHIS are concerning but others may be beneficial. Tune in to learn more about the changes and how you can make your voice heard.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
2) The Scientific Integrity Act from @reppaultonko.bsky.social would require federal agencies that fund, conduct, or oversee scientific research to adopt and enforce a scientific integrity policy. www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I swear this rule was written by 3 kids in a trench coat.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Fun new thing I learned today, the proposed rule appears to ignore Compacts of Free Association (COFA). COFA allows citizens of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau to reside in the U.S., even permanently, but uses a different document than Green Card/LPR.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This was a wild ride. Literally.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This was a wild ride. Literally.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
For those of you who play GeoHistory, just know this will never happen again GeoHistory · September 21st 982 / 1,000 🟢🟢🟢📜📜 www.geohistory.gg
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GeoHistory — Daily history geography game
5 questions a day. 60–90 seconds. Tap where it happened in history.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It really is striking how many authoritarian states have ended up in this exact same place, where the leader seizes control of scientific inquiry. Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union, Aryan Physics in the Third Reich, Great Leap Forward (also related to Lysenko) in China.
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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 18/09/2026
🚨 The Census Is in Trouble. Join Us Today from 1–2pm ET. We have an amazing lineup of census and data policy experts joining us for today’s webinar to break down the proposed changes to the census 🗓️ Friday, September 18, 2026 ⏰ 1 - 2 PM ET 📍 Register here: tinyurl.com/census-rapid...
Denice Ross: co-founder, dataindex.us; Director, Federation of American Scientists Data Policy Institute; former U.S. Chief Data Scientist
Mary Jo Mitchell: Director of Gov’t Affairs, Population Association of America; Co-Director, The Census Project
Ryan Coady: Legislative Associate, Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations
Dr. Jeanine Abrams McLean: President, Fair Count; Co-Chair, Census Quality Reinforcement Task Force
Robert Santos: former Director, U.S. Census Bureau
Dr. Amy O’Hara: Director, Massive Data Institute at Georgetown; President, Association of Public Data Users
Beth Jarosz: Vice President, Association of Public Data Users; Senior Fellow, Massive Data Institute
Meeta Anand: Senior Director of Census & Data Equity, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Caroline Medina: Senior Advisor for Data Policy and Strategy, Movement Advancement Project (MAP)
Chris Dick: co-founder, dataindex.us; former Chief of Population Evaluation, U.S. Census Bureau
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APDU @apduorg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
If you have an hour this afternoon, please join us 🚩The Census Is in Trouble: What You Need to Know About Proposed Changes (or register, enjoy the weekend, and watch the recording at 1.5 speed next week) us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: The Census Is in Trouble: What You Need to Know About Proposed Changes. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Did you know that the Census Bureau has proposed unprecedented changes to the decennial census? The Federal Register Notice—accepting public comments until October 13, 2026—offers a critical opportun...
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I just got fed a video on an amazing treat that will solve every diet and body image issue! Totally sugar free! It's... Dried sweet potato. Folks. We are cooked.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Please join me in thanking the named plaintiffs in this lawsuit, including @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social @michaeldgreen.phd & @jddaw.bsky.social These brave scientists are taking on risk to protect science, scientists & beneficiaries of science (all of us). www.aclu.org/press-releas...
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Researchers Challenge NIH Screening of Grants for Disfavored Viewpoints | American Civil Liberties Union
Class action lawsuit seeks to stop censorship and termination of federally funded scientific research
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dataindex.us @dataindex.us · 16/09/2026
Trying to understand the many unprecedented proposed changes to the decennial census? 👀 We broke down what’s in the proposal, why these seemingly arcane process changes matter, and why they would be catastrophic for all Americans. Read our new piece 👇
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Why Seemingly Arcane Process Changes to the Decennial Census Would be Catastrophic for All Americans | dataindex.us
by Meeta Anand, Beth Jarosz, and Chris Dick On September 10, 2026 the Census Bureau posted a notice in the Federal Register titled “ Decennial Census of the…
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
"Despite the stale-sounding title, this proposed rule upends nearly 250 years of history, ignores Constitutional mandates, will make life harder for all Americans, and proposes to codify all of those changes into the Code of Federal Regulations (rather than, as is traditional, Census Bureau policy)"
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Why Seemingly Arcane Process Changes to the Decennial Census Would be Catastrophic for All Americans | dataindex.us
by Meeta Anand, Beth Jarosz, and Chris Dick On September 10, 2026 the Census Bureau posted a notice in the Federal Register titled “ Decennial Census of the…
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has refused to allow mail-in voting restrictions for the midterms, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to revive a U.S. Postal Service plan. USPS is expected to continue delivering mail ballots as usual www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Do you use census data? Do you use *any* survey data? Do you vote, drive, ride transit, run a business, care about public health or education, expect your community's emergency response plan to work? If you answered yes to any of these, then the changes proposed for the decennial census affect YOU.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If there is only one thing you read about the census this month, read this piece by @zephoria.bsky.social Beautifully written and straight to the point www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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American democracy depends on the census. Trump is undermining it | danah boyd
The very mechanisms that allow the census bureau to resist partisan interference are coming undone. And Congress is silent
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Vote buying is illegal in all fifty states
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump Admin Officially Moves to Reshape National Political Power With New Changes to 2030 Census talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-a...
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Trump Admin Officially Moves to Reshape National Political Power With New Changes to 2030 Census
A version of a federal rule proposing to exclude certain noncitizens from...
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Told y'all yesterday that with meeting requests to discuss the proposal mysteriously canceled, we'd see the proposed #2030Census changes soon. Turns out it was less than 24 hours. #LackOfTransparency #LackOfAccountability
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Update 1: At least 3 other organizations received same notice today--rejecting our requests to meet to discuss data collection rules for the 2030 Census. Last time mtgs were mysteriously canceled, the proposed rule was posted for comment soon after. Update 2: Deleted original to update screenshot.
Screenshot of email with text:
Your meeting request for RIN 0607-AA75 has been declined
From: ROCIS Postmaster <rocis@gsa.gov>
Date: Tue, Sep 8, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Subject: Your meeting request for RIN 0607-AA75 has been declined
To: <REDACTED@georgetown.edu>


Beth Jarosz,

An issue occured with your meeting request and it has been declined. Please contact Oira_submission@omb.eop.gov for more information.

Requestor's Organization:	Association of Public Data Users
Email:	REDACTED@georgetown.edu
RIN:	0607-AA75
Rule Title:	Decennial Census of the Population of Americans; Proposed Residence Criteria and Proposed Regulations for Demographic Questions
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
UPDATE: At least 2 other orgs received similar notifications within moments of mine. My best guess, OMB ignored the requests, finished their review, and the proposed rule will drop soon.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 07/09/2026
Jesus Christ: after a recent ruling by the Eighth Circuit that allowed Act 372 to take effect, an Arkansas county has banned all children from checking out any books in the adult section, bringing home any DVDs, or using the self-checkout kiosk in its public libraries.
More recently in Craighead County — symbolically, at least, Ground Zero for the state’s attack on libraries, thanks to Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Jonesboro) — the library announced several changes to circulation as it relates to minors. In a Facebook post, the library listed a number of changes to library policies, including:

Minors are prohibited from using the self-checkout kiosks;
Children under 13 years old may only check out materials from the designated children’s collection, while minors age 13-17 can only check out from the children or teen sections;
Minors may not check out DVDs at all; and  
Minors are prohibited from entering or purchasing anything from the Friends of the Library Bookstore.
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Dr. Liz: Life in the Aftertimes @lgkatzphd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If Hitchcock made films today.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
"After years of tests, Ruggles said he was satisfied that the amount of noise was so miniscule, it wouldn’t compromise data quality. Today, right-wingers seem to be seizing on that controversy, contorting early, valid concerns... into an ongoing, devious and misleading political campaign."
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How a Baseless, Right-Wing Social Media Panic Led to Dramatic Changes at the Census Bureau
When longtime Indiana politician Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) lobbed a powerful allegation...
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Ken Milne MD @thesgem.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CDC’s internal system still counts two Pennsylvania measles deaths. @jeremyfaust.bsky.social It would be great to have the same reporting internally and externally to avoid further confusion. insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-cdcs...
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Scoop: CDC’s internal system still counts two Pennsylvania measles deaths.
The agency’s public and internal messaging now differ.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So many of the supposed divides in the Democratic caucus simply boil down to "this one will fight for all of us, this one will not" and for the past two years Team Fight is sweeping the board.
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 02/09/2026
Apple and Google aren’t really your problem here. Neither are the civil servants at the USGS who maintain the GNIS. Use Mapquest if it makes you feel better, I guess. The problem is the country reelected this vicious, spiteful, corrupt old fool.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"It certainly seems like the guardrails, if they are still there at all, they are much weaker than they used to be." I said what I said.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Good.
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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The current political moment has shown me how many people go through life frustrated that they don’t have the right state apparatus to indulge their worst urges. They‘re not “left behind”, they’re not “lonely”, they want to hurt other people. And this is their generational opportunity.
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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This change grants Commerce political appointees veto power over data and research releases by scientists and statisticians at NOAA, NIST, Census, and BEA.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The new CDC Director is indeed the one who ordered the count of measles deaths to be changed from 2 to 0. “The highly unusual decision departs from the agency’s practice of including such data from state health departments, which historically make the determinations”.
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New CDC director delays adding Pennsylvania deaths to measles data
The deaths have been at the heart of a bitter political dispute between RFK Jr. and Gov. Josh Shapiro (D).
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Following up on my concerns about the federal statistics... Worth noting this new change in policy for any info coming out of Commerce. Notably gone: language prohibiting political interference And staff (no longer lawyers) will be asked to serve as arbiters of misconduct www.npr.org/2026/08/31/n...
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Trump officials cut political interference ban after unusual Census Bureau report
After the Census Bureau issued a report tied to a Trump-aligned think tank, the bureau's parent agency cut language banning political interference from its scientific integrity policy, NPR learned.
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Melody Schreiber @melodyschreiber.com · 31/08/2026
Kennedy and the CDC aren't yet counting the Pennsylvania deaths from measles -- a "highly unusual” move, @drdebhoury.bsky.social told me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US health officials exclude measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania from counts
RFK Jr, the health secretary, has suggested the deaths were ‘fabricated’ while the CDC claimed it was reviewing them
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
RFK Jr. ordering the CDC to remove the two measles deaths from Pennsylvania is misconduct. If the protocol for reporting infectious disease cases and deaths is that the CDC uses the state health department determination, then RFK Jr. has just changed that protocol without rationale or explanation.
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I have always maintained that mortality records, while imperfect, are among the best data we have. This is bonkers: www.phillyvoice.com/cdc-measles-...
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CDC leaves Pennsylvania deaths off national measles tally after vaccine spat between RFK Jr., Gov. Shapiro
Gov. Josh Shapiro accused Robert Kennedy Jr. of spreading misinformation last week, prompting the HHS secretary to suggest Shapiro's office 'fabricated' the deaths.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Russell Vought’s OMB is inexplicably removing comments on the federal financial assistance proposed rule that mention how NIH research saved the life of Vought’s own daughter. Impeachvought.com
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Impeach Vought
We are current and former federal workers from across the government. We have witnessed first-hand the harm Russell Vought has inflicted on American communities. We are urging Congress to act now to p...
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WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton invested the royalties she earned for writing ‘I Will Always Love You’ in Nashville’s Black community www.washingtonpost.com/arts-enterta... "This is the house that Whitney built" - DP 🥺🙏
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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Imagine living a life of such inclusion and empathy and creativity and altruism that millions pause to honor your life and your legacy. RIP.
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APDU @apduorg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trying to make sense of how restrictions on data privacy protection will affect your work? We have a new resource for you: Explaining Department Administrative Order “Disclosure Avoidance for Statistical Products” (DAO 216-26) and Its Impact on Critical Data apdu.org/wp-content/u...
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