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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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  1. changed names by McDrewbie · · Score: 0, Redundant

    wouldn't a terrorist, if they thought or knew they were on the list just use an assumed identity if they wanted to perform an act of terrorism?

  2. Didn't Verisign just patent this? by AnotherScratchMonkey · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh, wait, that's when you correlate multiple DNS databases.