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more on 'Don't Fear New Bar Codes,' USA Today
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:20:05 -0400
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:52:59 -0400 From: Alexandros Papadopoulos <apapadop () cmu edu> Subject: Re: [IP] 'Don't Fear New Bar Codes,' USA Today To: dave () farber net On Sunday 28 September 2003 08:04, Dave Farber wrote: > >Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu > >Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:52:56 -0700 > > From: Denise Caruso <caruso () hybridvigor org> > > >Subject: 'Don't Fear New Bar Codes,' USA Today > >X-Sender: caruso1320 () mail earthlink net > >To: farber () dsl cis upenn edu > > > > > >Dave, > > > >Don't know if you saw this piece in USA Today last week on EPCs. A > > friend (also the author) just sent it to me. Thought it might be > > interesting to see what IP folks think of it. I "hear him," as we > > say here in California, but I don't agree. Then again I never have > > been big on ubiquitous surveillance, or the products that could > > enable it. You'll forgive me if the MIT guidelines don't make me > > feel happier about embracing EPC-ed products. You'll forgive me if > > I have a deep distrust of anyone who claims to be ensuring that my > > (consumer/citizen) interests will be "paramount." Particularly at > > this particular moment in history. Pardon my ignorance if this is mistaken, but didn't the same groups (corporations, lobbyists and the government, I would assume with academic support) provide assurances that the Social Security Number would NEVER be used as a national ID? The reality is, of course, that you don't *exist* in contemporary USA without an SSN. -A -- http://andrew.cmu.edu/~apapadop/pub_key.asc 3DAD 8435 DB52 F17B 640F D78C 8260 0CC1 0B75 8265
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