HUGE Brother (eBay) is watching

From: J. Forster (jfor@quik.com)
Date: Mon Jun 23 2003 - 12:04:25 PDT


Brags Sullivan, "If you are a law-enforcement officer, all you have to do is
  send us a fax with a request for information, and ask about the person behind
  the seller's identity number, and we will provide you with his name, address,
  sales history and other details--all without having to produce a court order."

  (eBay itself goes further than this, employing six investigators who are
charged
  with tracking down "suspicious people" and "suspicious behavior.")

Read the whole article:

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030707&s=engle

-John



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