~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SANDY SANDFORT Reply to: ssandfort@attmail.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Just a minor quibble to Tim May's otherwise excellent post on ATM cameras and image recognition. Tim said: Comment: The case of banks having cameras doesn't bother me much at all, as the bank already knows exactly who its customers are. That is, the surveillance is not used to gather any information the bank does not already have immediate and complete access to. Not quite true. One very good privacy technique is to use an ATM or credit card issued to someone else. How can this be done? Well, a friend (preferably a visiting foreigner) could do it for you. Or you could hire a bum (pardon; "hygienically challenged person") to do the honors. At any rate, you wouldn't want to get busted by an image recognizing ATM, now would you? S a n d y "Privacy Consultation and Services since 1978" (Sorry Duncan, got you beat by a mile) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~