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And They Shall Know You By Your Books

Posted by timothy on from the don't-like-the-books-of-that-one dept.

Val42K writes "People have been concerned about provisions of the Patriot Act that would grant law enforcement access to your library records. Now libraries are considering placing RFID tags into books instead of barcodes. The RFID tags will (supposedly) be turned off when you check out of the library, but could they be turned back on? What about the possibility of you being located and tracked by the books that you carry?"

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  1. Silly you ... by Hal+The+Computer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't you remember that the gin ration was increased to 0 mL. It was to celebrate our great victory over the evil axis of Eurasian and Eastaisan conspirators. Remeber HATE, It's in you to give. Brought to you by your comrades at the Ministry of Truth.

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