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Decode Your Barcode, Get Your Personal Info

Posted by michael on from the mark-of-the-beast dept.

Chris writes "The Swipe Toolkit is a collection of web-based tools that sheds light on personal data collection and usage practices in the United States. The tools demonstrate the value of personal information on the open market and enable people to access information encoded on a driver's license or stored in some of the many commercial data warehouses. Check out the Data Calculator, which shows how much your personal info is worth, and how the data brokers get it. It's all part of the Swipe Project, which will be on exhibition at UC-Irvine in March."

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  1. half weeks by way2trivial · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    less than 100 halfweeks, I mean the election is what, 10 months away?
    gwb wins, and it's game over baby,,

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    every day http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
  2. Shocking..utterly shocking! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://in.rediff.com/news/2004/feb/03paddy.htm

  3. Why are hamsters so cute? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    My hamsters are so nice. They are fluffy; they don't bite and are warm in my hand.

    1. Re:Why are hamsters so cute? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      YOU FAIL IT. By the way, I'm costing someone theire mod points, unless of course, I'm modded by the editors.

      Yoda farts, yada yada yada.

      Donald Duck screaming orgasm

    2. Re:Why are hamsters so cute? by Musc · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      I will tell you why hamsters are so cute.

      Hamster eyes are rainbow crystals that serve as a gateway between this reality and another hidden reality that you can access only through hamsters.

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      Hamsters are at least as feathery as penguins. HamLix
  4. WHO DIED AND MADE PAULA ABDUL THE MUSIC CRITIC? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Seriously her shit was rank even for the early nineties and she's supposed to be the expert? She should have a look in the mirror.