US Near Bottom of Global Privacy Index

January 2, 2008 By JILL LAWLESS , Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- Individual privacy is under threat around the world as governments continue introducing surveillance and information-gathering measures, according to an international rights group.

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• nilbud - Jan 02, 2008
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  Fuck the pigs
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• grahf - Jan 02, 2008
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  The US isn't "near" the bottom, it's "at" the bottom. Privacy isn't being eroded here, it's already gone.
  
  Be sure to thank your congressman, preferably with a swift kick in the butt on his way out of office.
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• Nikola - Jan 02, 2008
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  "The List" now contains 750,000. Congress will let Bush Inc. get away with anything. I wonder if Congress would have an objection to DHS putting a barcode on our wrists.
  
  W - Amerika's new swastika
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• fleem - Jan 03, 2008
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  "I wonder if Congress would have an objection to DHS putting a barcode on our wrists"
  
  ... and it, like all current UPCs, will use three 6's to delimit the fields.
  
  
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• mysticfree - Jan 08, 2008
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  Wasn't there another study that showed USA leading the world in imprisoning its people? Lack of privacy shouldn't come as a surprise then. Oh, thank you, Physorg, for once again NOT providing a link to the data in another important article.
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• mysticfree - Jan 08, 2008
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  Here let me help:
  http://www.privac...html?cmd[347]=x-347-559597
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