"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:51:52 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
> wrote:
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>>"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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>>> On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:15:41 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
>>> wrote:
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>>>>"blake murphy" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:48:07 GMT, "Paul M. Cook" >
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>I've seen first hand the info they keep on people and it is pretty
>>>>>>scary
>>>>>>what they know about you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> yes. god forbid they know i buy store-brand toilet paper.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What if you smoked and your insurance company wanted to know if you lied
>>>>on
>>>>your application? What if you had diabetes and you bought a lot of
>>>>candy?
>>>>
>>>>Regardless, if advertisers want demographic data on me, and they are
>>>>willing
>>>>to pay a fortune to a store to get it, they can just bloody well pay me.
>>>>
>>>>But your response is quite typical. Studies show most people do not
>>>>value
>>>>personal privacy. It is one reason nobody is stewing much about heir
>>>>phones
>>>>being tapped for the last 8 years.
>>>>
>>>>Paul
>>>>
>>>
>>> if you can show me a cite for grocery stores sharing their information
>>> with insurance companies, i would be very interested. otherwise, i'll
>>> put it down to general paranoia.
>>
>>It's all just that, of course. What kind of kook would ever assume any
>>personal info has ever been misused? Not like anyone today has ever had
>>their privacy invaded by a bank because of something to do with their car
>>insurance. It is the stuff of fools, not to be tolerated by those of your
>>stature.
>>
>>Wipe your ass with whatever you want, big boy. I am sure when they drag
>>mandatory implanted RFID chips out again you'll be first in line. So long
>>as you feel safe.
>>
>>Paul
>>
>
> in other words, you can't show me a cite where grocery stores are
> sharing their information with insurance companies or anyone else.


At this time they probably are not. That does not mean they won't be
tomorrow. They will probably do it at some point simply because they will
be able to do it. When Social Security was enacted they passed a law
forbidding the use of a person's;s number for any other purpose than SS>
Now look at what they do with that number.

Having been employed to help them install the mechanisms of data mining I
can assure you they didn't spend all that money for nothing.

Paul