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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a measure denying funding for the creation of "unique patient health identifiers" that would centralize Americans' medical information. (6/14/00) Cars
and the Fourth Amendment Yet another
Supreme Court decision strips highway travelers of Fourth Amendment protections. Census's
Most Invasive Question Isn't About Toilets They
weren’t supposed to be used for identification at all, but now
they’re the tracking beacon of modern life. Social Security
Numbers hold our life's information and its becoming the ultimate ID. A
Real "Database Nation" Is Born "Data sanctuaries" may soon make the Internet impossible to regulate. This article describes how the ultimate data sanctuary is being created: a tiny, sovereign nation whose sole purpose will be to protect all kinds of information from prying eyes-including other governments.
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