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Privacy Groups Sound the Alarm Over FBI’s Facial-Recognition Technology

Andy | June 25, 2014

Probably within 10 years, both private retailers and government will have enormous amounts of data on where people are walking, figuring they already have it for people based on their car license plates and digital footprints.

Why Retailers Ask for Your ZIP Code – NYTimes.com

Andy | April 2, 2013

I usually dread shopping in stores. Trying on clothes is tedious, and sometimes completing the actual purchase is, too. Retailers like to ask for all sorts of information as they’re ringing up your merchandise, like your e-mail address and ZIP code. I just want to pay and be on my way, and they give me the third degree.

via Why Retailers Ask for Your ZIP Code – NYTimes.com.