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The Canary in the Data Mine
Mark Rasch, 2003-01-20

The government's "Total Information Awareness" project aims at protecting us from harm by burrowing deep into our lives. One lawmaker is rightfully suspicious.

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Safeguards yes, but there's always a superuser somewhere... 2003-01-20
tekhedd@byteheaven.net (1 replies)
Once all the information is collected, we could easily have the information nightmare described in John Brunner's "The Shockwave Rider", where information is available to (and editable by) those with sufficient privelage. It doesn't have to stop with personal information, for that matter.

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Safeguards yes, but there's always a superuser somewhere... 2003-01-21
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And for those who seek to "opt out"? 2003-01-21
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