[108071] in Cypherpunks
Re: Census data sold to advertisers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Adam Shostack)
Wed Feb 3 11:10:34 1999
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 11:06:19 -0500
From: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <v03130320b2dd02e18c76@[209.66.100.116]>; from Tim May on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 11:36:05AM -0800
Reply-To: Adam Shostack <adam@homeport.org>
On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 11:36:05AM -0800, Tim May wrote:
| Some Census ladies knocked on my door last week. They wanted to ask about
| how many rooms, bathrooms, etc. my house had, and how many people lived at
| my house. I told them I thought that's what the census _next year_ is
| about, to count heads. (But not bathrooms, bedrooms, etc.)
I was recently called by the National Crime Vicitmization
Survey. I refused to answer any questions, saying that the only crimes
I was aware of in my area were committed by Uncle Sam. However, it
occured to me that there is a (probably illegal, although I sure
didn't swear to tell the truth) opportunity to add interesting crime
stories, such as being harrassed by the cops, defensive gun use, etc
to shift the terms of the debate by shifting the numbers.
I'm wondering if anyone has any other interesting ideas for
monkeywrenching?
Adam
--
"It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once."
-Hume
