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Re: {OT} and we're worried about the government listening to our phone calls ?
de Dan Boyd 06/26/2006 04:09
*ProteanThread* wrote:
> seems we got more devious people to worry 'bout than ol' bush:
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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060625/wr_nm/privacy_dc
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> <SNIP>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Almost every piece of personal information that
> Americans try to keep secret -- including bank account statements,
> e-mail messages and telephone records -- is semi-public and available
> for sale.
> <SNIP>
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> Comments?
That's the price we pay for living in the "Information Age".
All kinds of businesses and government agencies have been collecting =
data on everyone for some time. The sad part is, that some of them are =
more than willing to sell this information, legally or not.
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Dan