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With ID swipe, Big Brother bellies up to the bar
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:49:49 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Ed Biebel <edward () biebel net> Date: November 21, 2006 11:39:08 AM EST To: dave () farber net, ip () v2 listbox com Subject: With ID swipe, Big Brother bellies up to the bar For IP if you likehttp://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/ news-10/1164091705151690.xml&coll=1
With ID swipe, Big Brother bellies up to the bar Tuesday, November 21, 2006 BY IAN T. SHEARN Star-Ledger Staff It's College Night at KatManDu, a popular Trenton nightclub, and the late-arriving crowd is predictably young. Bouncers pat down male patrons and politely ask for IDs. They swipe everyone's driver's license through a small, yellow electronic box that reads a bar code and instantly displays the customer's age. Club managers love the gadget, and it's rapidly becoming standard issue at the bigger clubs in Manhattan, New Jersey and elsewhere. But the box does more than just check birth dates. It also retains the customer's name, address, license number -- even height, weight and eye color. All that information then can easily be downloaded into a computer system. Most patrons have no idea their information is being electronically stored -- nor are they asked if they mind. "Why do they need it?" asked Tara Fort, a 22-year-old customer from Hamilton Township, who became agitated when told the scanning device was storing personal information. <snip> ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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