[IP] more on 'Don't Fear New Bar Codes,' USA Today

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Delivered-To: dfarber+@ux13.sp.cs.cmu.edu
> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:52:59 -0400
> From: Alexandros Papadopoulos <apapadop@cmu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [IP] 'Don't Fear New Bar Codes,' USA Today
> To: dave@farber.net
>
> On Sunday 28 September 2003 08:04, Dave Farber wrote:
> > >Delivered-To: dfarber+@ux13.sp.cs.cmu.edu
> > >Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 20:52:56 -0700
> >
> > From: Denise Caruso <caruso@hybridvigor.org>
> >
> > >Subject: 'Don't Fear New Bar Codes,' USA Today
> > >X-Sender: caruso1320@mail.earthlink.net
> > >To: farber@dsl.cis.upenn.edu
> > >
> > >
> > >Dave,
> > >
> > >Don't know if you saw this piece in USA Today last week on EPCs. A
> > > friend (also the author) just sent it to me. Thought it might be
> > > interesting to see what IP folks think of it. I "hear him," as we
> > > say here in California, but I don't agree.  Then again I never have
> > > been big on ubiquitous surveillance, or the products that could
> > > enable it. You'll forgive me if the MIT guidelines don't make me
> > > feel happier about embracing EPC-ed products. You'll forgive me if
> > > I have a deep distrust of anyone who claims to be ensuring that my
> > > (consumer/citizen) interests will be "paramount." Particularly at
> > > this particular moment in history.
>
> Pardon my ignorance if this is mistaken, but didn't the same groups
> (corporations, lobbyists and the government, I would assume with
> academic support) provide assurances that the Social Security Number
> would NEVER be used as a national ID?
>
> The reality is, of course, that you don't *exist* in contemporary USA
> without an SSN.
>
> -A
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