More privacy issues...

[gangrel441]

Just got this email today from a friend...names have been removed to protect the innocent....
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Fellow Americans,

Thank's to so-called "homeland security" our civil liberties have been eroded yet another notch. Now, anyone with a driver's license is in an online database, which is accessible via anyone with a web browser. It should be available, at most, to only authorized law enforcement personnel, but here it is. Widespread invasion of privacy!

I entered my data, and it eventually showed me my driver's license. There is a box there allowing you to opt out of the public portion of the database, and I clicked mine to opt out. I think the default should be non-public unless you opt IN.

Some states are holding up the process, but soon everyone will be here.

Way to go administration!

http://www.license.shorturl.com/

 

[Web Monkey]

This has nothing to do with the government. shorturl.com is a redirect service used to let people create short names that like to outer URLs.

Also, it's down.

Terry

Just got this email today from a friend...names have been removed to protect the innocent....
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Fellow Americans,

Thank's to so-called "homeland security" our civil liberties have been eroded yet another notch. Now, anyone with a driver's license is in an online database, which is accessible via anyone with a web browser. It should be available, at most, to only authorized law enforcement personnel, but here it is. Widespread invasion of privacy!

I entered my data, and it eventually showed me my driver's license. There is a box there allowing you to opt out of the public portion of the database, and I clicked mine to opt out. I think the default should be non-public unless you opt IN.

Some states are holding up the process, but soon everyone will be here.

Way to go administration!

http://www.license.shorturl.com/

 

[redacted]

This has nothing to do with the government. shorturl.com is a redirect service used to let people create short names that like to outer URLs.

Also, it's down.

Terry

I checked and it looked like they had your picture!!

 

[El Orans]

Well, It gave it a try and the picture I got was identical to the person I know.

AKA move it to the humor section.

 

[gangrel441]

ahh...but moving this to humor would take all of the humor out of it....