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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> >  How do you think
> companies like this acquire this information?  It may be good business,
> but it has serious potential for abuse, both by corporations and
> > governments.
>
> That's where I get lost...what 'abuse' can occur from this information? I 
> already get email spam for Viagra, so I got on the wrong list somewhere.

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/04/16/data_mining_of_students_raises_alarms/

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/washington/09fbi.html

http://www.eff.org/cases/att

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/154986_privacychallenge02.html

That should be enough to show various pitfalls and abuses.

Could it be Lynn, that on this subject, I am MORE liberal than 
you??<vbg> My concerns fall more in line with the ACLU-which is a RARE 
thing for me to agree with them...lol
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/gen/37088prs20081008.html
http://www.aclu.org/safefree/resources/18512res20040809.html



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