MATRIX - A Dossier for Every Person in Utah

jxs2151 writes: "According to the Deseret Morning News former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt signed Utah's 2.4 million residents up for a pilot program that gathers dossiers on every single man, woman and child and didn't bother to tell anyone. According to the article MATRIX -- Multistate Anti-Terrorism Information Exchange '...cross-references government records from both public and private databases, putting together a dossier on individuals for use by law enforcement.' The state's homeland security specialist dismisses concerns: '...any data gleaned for Utah's participation in MATRIX is information already available to law enforcement.' The Utah legislature is trying to figure out how to get the state out of the program but the question is how was the Governor able to enroll the -whole state- without anyone knowing?"

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The Matrix

[TheKidWho]

The Matrix Has You Neo

Re:how did the Governor do it?

[queen of everything]

The only way to ensure privacy is to not collect the data in the first place.

But, most of the information is just common information that has to be collected. The phone company has to have your name and address for you to have phone service. The local tax administration has to have your social security number to tax your income...etc. Its all in how the information is compiled and used. They didn't spy on you to collect information that wasn't already out there and they can't just stop taking the information they are currently getting. Unless you buy a shack in the mountains with no phone or electricity and sit there with your tinfoil hat on rocking in the corner quietly.