-Caveat Lector- > Snoops and Spies > By Timothy W. Maier > > The newest twist in the privacy wars: A federal > regulatory proposal would bring Big Brother to your > bank, where he'd be counting more than just your > pennies the squirming beneath the microscope? > SEE http://www.insightmag.com/articles/story1.html > . . Across the nation -- in Maryland, for instance -- camera > cops are replacing the squad car. In New York, witnesses are > frisked like suspects as part of a crackdown on violent >crime. In > New Jersey, critics charge that "Megan's Law," which requires > child sex offenders to register with the local cops, turns > neighbors into spies and vigilantes. In Chicago, U.S. Customs > agents routinely strip search and probe body cavities of black > females traveling internationally if authorities believe they >fit a > certain profile. > . . . . Not personal enough? Ask your local motor-vehicle > administration if they are selling your driver's-license >photograph > and personal data. Do you live in South Carolina or Florida? >The > authorities there have sold some 17 million such photographs >to a > New Hampshire company, claiming to be building a national > database to identify theft. On Capitol Hill, medical-identity >cards > and even universal identity cards top political agendas, >while the > Federal Communications Commission hopes to turn your > wireless telephone into a personal tracking device so the > government can keep tabs on you -- for your own good, of > course. And personal computers built by Intel Corp. were to > contain silicon chips allegedly to protect electronic >transactions > but, as it happens, also to let marketers track consumers' >every > move in cyberspace. > . . . . So it should come as no surprise that your trusted >banker > has been enlisted by Big Brother to help him watch every > financial move you make..........<SNIP> > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
