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Japanese Cry Foul on New ID System

Posted by timothy on from the we-are-not-the-droids-you're-looking-for dept.

Gudlyf writes: "As an update to the previous story on Japan's governmental ID system, the AP is reporting that many Japanese have organized into protest groups that have popped up and are planning a rally at which demonstrators will show their outrage by ripping up the papers being sent out by the government to assign every citizen an 11-digit number."

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  1. 00000000001 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    post

  2. Re:Jumping the Gun by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    > The Slash in Slashdot would be more accurate if it leaned to the left :)

    Then it would be backslashdot.org

  3. Irony of the day by Keith+Russell · · Score: 2, Funny

    Banner ad connected to a story about the Big Brother aspects of Japan's national ID system: A closeup of an Asian woman's eyes, and the text "See all. Know all."

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