flickering pictures

Remember those ads for Lifelock, an identity theft prevention company, where the firm’s CEO plasters his social security number on the sides of buses to illustrate the effectiveness of his protection services? Enter the inevitable:
From the New York Times:

Attorney David Paris said he found records of other people applying for or receiving driver’s licenses […]

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Privacy International is distributing an old-style “wanted poster” offering a £1000 (C$2000) reward for the fingerprints of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. According to the organization’s .PDF poster, the project — apparently legal — is a response to the UK’s calls for:

“the collection of all ten fingerprints of all […]

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