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Background-Check Software Goes Retail

Posted by timothy on from the stalking-plus dept.

Makarand writes "According to this article in the Mercury News, ChoicePoint Inc., one of the nation's largest vendors of personal, financial and legal data is attempting to mass market a background-check software tool-kit which can be used to tap into ChoicePoint's online databases. Choicepoint requires that you have a business license to run a small business to use this software. However, as users of these services are rarely audited or asked to produce their business license, the purchaser can potentially conduct criminal background checks, Social Security number identification and other checks on anyone for a small fee. Privacy advocates are cautioning that making background-check software a consumer product could easily put personal information into the wrong hands."

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  1. Wow by KD5UZZ · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp?

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  2. first post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    just had to do it once

  3. Michael Moore is an idiot! (w00t w00t!) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    "We like nonfiction and we live in fictitious times. We live in a time where we have fictitious election results, that elect a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons" - Michael Moore's acceptance speech at the Oscars.

    Lets face it, Michael Moore is an idiot and we should take back his Oscar. Where does he get off calling our President fictitious...moreover, sending a quarter of a million troops into war for "fictitious reasons."

    Moore along with the Dixie Chicks, should pack their bags and make a b-line for nearest communist country. Their personal attacks on our beloved President are cowardly and utterly disrespectful.

    Mr. President Bush, if you ever read this article, take peace in knowing that while the majority of Hollywood is not taking sides with you, the majority of America supports your cause as it is in the best interest of national security. God Bless your soul, God Bless the troops in Iraq, God Bless America!

    I'm glad I voted for you. And just in case if any of you out there are wondering what party I am? I'm not a republican, but an independent.

    Remember, most of what Moore says are lies. Including elements that are included in his movies. To find out the truth please visit MOORE WATCH.

  4. Butt Out by Tux-TechBuzz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think that the government should not worry about customer information and worry about what is going on in the rest of the world(IRAQ, Osama...) This is one of the smallest problems in the world we live in today!

  5. Slashdot being slashdotted!? by flynns · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Okay, am I the only one who's getting "page unavailable" and "503 Service Not Available" errors every other time I try to read slashdot?

    Is slashdot being slashdotted? Or has sco.com finally redirected all the mydoom traffic to slashdot? [as per http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2004/01/30/wwwsc ocom_is_a_weapon_of_mass_destruction.html ]

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  6. My policy by Dr_Java · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Voting with my feet - I won't be shopping at EB again.

  7. Is that REALLY Darl McBride's info?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can someone verify this?? Most of what I seem to find on google indicates that this was taken from previous slashdot comments.

    Of course, I also remember Darl complaining that someone had posted his info on slashdot, so...