http://www.metafilter.com/tags/governmentsurveillance Posts tagged with 'governmentsurveillance' at MetaFilter. Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:10:46 -0800 Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:10:46 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/30149/He%2DSees%2DYou%2DWhen%2DYoure%2DSleeping <a href="http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/cover_news.html">Big Brother Really Exists, And He's Not Who You Think He Is.</a> While most of those in the privacy realm have been focusing on keeping the government from spying on its citizens, the government has made an end-run: Letting the private sector do it for them. <a href="http://www.choicepoint.com">ChoicePoint</a>, an Atlanta-based spinoff from credit agency <a href="http://www.equifax.com/">Equifax</a>, now has more than <strong>200 terrabytes of data on us</strong>, and as previously noted,<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/25476"> they're not always very good at it.</a> <a href="http://www.choicepoint.com/news/gatrend.html">Be afraid</a>. <a href="http://www.choicepoint.com/news/npr_1203.html">Be very afraid</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.30149 Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:10:46 -0800 atlanta bigbrother choicepoint equifax governmentsurveillance personaldata privacy darren