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Databases and Privacy

Posted by michael on from the bonfire-of-the-privacies dept.

A couple of stories made an interesting juxtaposition today. First read this story about information marketers scouring public records to compile personal information. Note the emphasis on cross-linking data from various sources to provide more information than any one source did - databases are synergistic. Now read this column about David Nelson, and its follow-up.

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  2. first post by Freedom+is+impossibl · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post

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  6. FIRST read ?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    ...THEN read something ELSE? You do realise it's Slashdot you're posting to?

  7. Another take on the original slashdot posting. by xeeno · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Read this first. Then read this and this. Now do you understand?