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The FBI wants to keep such a physical comprehensive database that it will know where and what tat's you have:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/02/04/fbi. ... index.html
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A few people upset over the beginnings of a national ID card in BC:

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/ ... 14&k=77025

It seems to just be in response the US' Real ID card.
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Traveling over the border with a laptop, iPod, CD, DVD, or other storage medium?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 04763.html

The US Border Patrol has begun making copies of your info.
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The US Telecoms are just about off the hook for invading citizen's privacy by wire-tapping:

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/02/12/1856240.shtml

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Why letting telcoms police the internet and your privacy is bad:

http://www.infoworld.com/archives/email ... money.html

They might not let whistle blower stories like a Cayman bank laundering money out.
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Archive.org beats the FBI over privacy concerns:

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/05/07/211255.shtml
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You know all those cameras in London that the police use?

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/05/07/1525236.shtml

They've been helpful in 3% of all the crimes committed they're supposed to help with.
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So placing a GPS device on a suspect's car without a warrant is allowed?

http://www.dailytech.com/Police+Secretl ... e12663.htm
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Sign up for a RFID card for easier crossing at the border:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=how ... ld-be-used

Oh yeah, anyone can read it and know all your personal info. Whoops!
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Ah, is there anything the internet doesn't encompass?

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=int ... esdropping

New wiretapping methods.
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Reading your genetic info may have some privacy concerns:

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=tou ... to-protect

Like your rates for health insurance.
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Google and other search engine databases can be used to track down people even though the people's identities are a random number:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/techn ... ref=slogin

Imagine the dirt Google has on you. :lol:
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British police now allowed to hack your personal info on your computer without a warrant:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/p ... 439604.ece
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Judge throws out "state security" defence:

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... -suit.html

Finally, someone seems to think logically about warrants.
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Excellent, excellent article:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=13871

Sums up the Big Brother aspect of the internet growing in the world.
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