Top 10 police database abuses (pointer)

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At 09:58 AM 6/14/2002 -0400, Adam Shostack <adam at homeport.org> wrote:
http://www.techtv.com/cybercrime/privacy/story/0,23008,3387549,00.html

> Law enforcement officers are supposed to protect and serve, but some
> corrupt cops misuse police databases to get dates and more Tuesday,
> 6/11 at 9 p.m. Eastern on 'CyberCrime.'

> Your address, telephone number, Social Security number, date of
> birth, criminal record -- all this information and more can be
> accessed by police officers if they have basic information about
> you. Not surprisingly, some cops abuse their privilege and use their
> database access for less-than-honorable reasons. This week on
> "CyberCrime" we show you how some corrupt cops used police databases
> to harass exes and even get telephone numbers of pretty girls they
> see in cars.

Good reasons for average citizens to obtain and use alternate identification.  Looks like we all need to play Spy Games if we want to control access to our personal information.

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