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DARPA Funds Internet Tracking Scheme

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 4, 2004 @02:26AM from the weapons-related-program-activities dept.

Lifewish writes "The BBC is reporting that company MetaCarta is receiving DARPA cash to design a new system for tracking individuals based on their electronic presence. One company official is quoted as saying that 'The government and international security agencies have a desire to find, track and sometimes arrest people. Our system can be used to find them across the globe.' If you ever wondered where all that information the U.S. is collecting ended up..."

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Re:Law-abiding citizens by bigjnsa500 · 2004-02-04 02:49 · Score: 0, Troll

Thanks Samuel for saying that. Too bad you were modded Troll. This /. crowd just doesn't realize what's at stake.
There have been no other strikes at America since 9/11 and Patriot Act had something to do with it. If you want your privacy /.'ers, move to another country. But I want safety more than I do privacy. And as the poster says, if you're a law abiding you have nothing to worry about.

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