> However, noite that if
> like a lot of us you do most of your transactions
> through credit cards, the information is out there --
> although it still nominally takes a search warrant and
> probable cause or at least a FISA Court rubber stamp
> approval to get it.
Of course it's easy enough - at least at present - to use cash to purchase a stack of stored-value Visa/MC gift cards (or cards from specific merchants) to get around the trackability you mention.
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/ dave /