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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Apple store hears Farsi,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Tue Jun 19 14:46:59 2012
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:38:30 -0700
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Apple store hears Farsi, refuses to sell to customer, claiming Iran export restrictions
http://j.mp/NNkSHn (WSBTV)
"One was trying to buy an iPad, the other an iPhone. When they were
heard speaking the foreign language, they said the sales
representative refused to sell them anything."
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So Apple store employees are now enforcing the insane U.S. export
restrictions, based on the *language* they hear from customers?
--Lauren--
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