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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Our digital trail - "Orwellian future"
  • Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:47:23 -0500



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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