Poindexter gets a taste of own medicine

Jeffrey Fisher jfisher at igc.org
Mon Dec 16 09:45:50 PST 2002


http://www.politechbot.com/p-04206.html

personally, i'm waiting to link to the webcams that get set up across the street from poindexter's house. :-)

j

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On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 11:36 AM, Kevin Robert Dean wrote:


> From the BBC:
>
> Data exposed
>
> Similar treatment [of a spammer who was spammed himself] is
> being meted out to John Poindexter, the man in charge of
> the US Government's Total Information Awareness program.
>
> This will bring together credit card, medical, travel,
> school and other records to help spot terrorists.
>
> Many web users consider the project to be a gross
> infringement of privacy and now are subjecting Mr
> Poindexter to 24-hour scrutiny.
>
> Mr Poindexter's home address, complete with satellite
> photos, has been published online as has his home phone
> number and that of his neighbours.
>
> The protest was started by SF Weekly columnist Matt Smith
> and the information he ferreted out is now widely available
> online.
> ---
> Sent from UnionMail Service [http://mail.union.org.za]
>
>



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