Gov't Proposes Massive Homeless Tracking System

Posted by michael on Tuesday August 19, 2003 @08:12AM from the bagged-and-tagged dept.

Chris Hoofnagle writes "The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development is proposing a massive system of tracking for homeless people and others who are served by shelters and care centers. The system will track people by their SSN, and will collect health (HIV, pregnancy) and mental information. Secret Service and national security agents can gain access to the database by just asking for it! EPIC has released a fact sheet on HMIS, and the public can comment on the guidelines until September 22, 2003, but no electronic comments are being accepted."

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Re:May be bad, but also good. by praedor · 2003-08-19 08:51 · Score: 0, Offtopic

But you ARE an animal by definition. Humans, ie, Homo sapiens, are animals. You meant that you don't want to be tracked the way humans track nonhuman animals.

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