Who Is Watching You? Nine Industries That Know Your Every Move

DOUGLAS MCINTYRE
DailyFinance
September 27, 2010

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Don’t kid yourself. Real privacy no longer exists in this country.

We’ve long had government organizations collecting data that paints a pretty clear picture of what we do with our time. The Internal Revenue Service knows everything about what you earn and any major transactions you make. It can access every bit of information it needs to determine how much money you should be sending on April 15.

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The most important gatherer of personal information in the country is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It keeps a database of over 90 million fingerprints, which can be accessed by other law enforcement agencies. It also has an extensive database of DNA, the most specific marker of personal identity. The bureau’s ability to collect information expanded following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. It now tracks a large portion of mail, cell phone traffic and Internet activity of people it deems suspicious.

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This article was posted: Monday, September 27, 2010 at 3:50 pm

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