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Created:August 3, 2002
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When Government Intrudes

Site Copyright: Jeanne Curran and Susan R. Takata and Individaul Authors, August 2002.
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The exchange on Progressive Sociologists Net (PSN) began with Michael Wiegand's post alerting progressive readers to an article in the Village Voice. Backup for article.

Notice particularly the illustration by Marc Phares: . The DNA-like chain is made up of the bar codes used to price items on the shelves. When the bar code is fed into the cashier's computer electronically that data goes into a database that is carefully guarded by the store. It is true that the data so gathered could help the store predict your purchases and stock items more effectively. But it is also true that those data can be used for far more nefarious purposes, some of which violate our basic liberties. That's what Erik Baard is describing in the Village Voice article: Buying Trouble: Your Grocery List Could Spark a Terror Probe. By Erik Baard. July 24 - 30, 2002.

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