
A government report that urges the U.S. Postal Service to create "smart stamps" to track the identity of people who send mail is eliciting concern from privacy advocates. The report, released last month by the President's Commission on the U.S. Postal Service, issued numerous recommendations... One is that the USPS "aggressively pursue" the development of a so-called intelligent mail system... [that] would involve using barcodes or special stamps, identifying, at a minimum, the sender, the destination and the class of mail ...The report proposes a broad expansion of the concept to all mail for national security purposes. It also suggests USPS work with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to develop the system... http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5062617.html "There is no protection or safety in anticipatory servility." Craig Spencer
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Steve Schear