Problems of a total surveillance system

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Andy Oram <andyo () oreilly com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 09:46:17 -0500 (EST)
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Problems of a total surveillance system

Reference article: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/09/politics/09COMP.html

Opinion: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/2285

Billed as an anti-terrorism measure, it will instead
strike most Americans as a key element of an upcoming
totalitarian order.
...
But there are some more subtle reasons to oppose the data
mining system, even if you support a bigger role for law
enforcement.

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