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Robert O’Harrow is a reporter and author on the Investigative Unit of the Washington Post. During two decades at The Post, he has won multiple journalism awards, including the 2013 Sigma Delta Chi prize for Zero Day: The Threat in Cyberspace, and the top prize from Investigative Reporters and Editors for a series about contracting fraud, waste and abuse. O’Harrow is a two‐time Pulitzer Prize finalist, most recently in 2009 for his work about the global financial crisis. He is author of the 2005 book, No Place to Hide, about data profiling, surveillance and national security. He was co‐producer of a radio documentary by the same name. In 2003, he won the Carnegie Mellon Cybersecurity Award.

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A few quotes:
Pg 3. "...resolve crimes faster through predictive analysis help to thwart crimes before they occur." Remember the movie ,Minority Report'.
P 33. Quoting Senator Leahy, and his concern about private data brokers: "..Not determined through prosecution (and) tria, but bbased on what came up on someone's computer screen."
P 37. Describing application of private databases: "It outlines and predicts behavior."
P 50. "...no laws prohibit the collection of unlisted (phone numbers)..." Calling a telemarketer is considered implied consent to give out one's unlisted number.
P 54. Surveys usually seem anonymous. "People tell us all kinds of things they wouldn't tell their neighbors."
P 107. "We have created a unique identifier on everyone in the United States..."
P 145. Brokers use 'pretexting' or 'social engineering' to con victims into releasing information.
P 152. In 2001, "ChoicePoint said it would give the INS unlimited access to all the information for $1 million a year." Included "a nationwide listing of Mexican voters, ... a national registry of Columbians, ,,, pasport and national ID of Costa Rica citizens, ... national ID number of Argentinians and phone numbers".
P 153. Quoting Bendana, "The U.S. is going to know more about the Nicaraguan people than the Nicaraguan government."
P162. Fingerprinting goes back to the time of Babylon.
P164. People can be identified at distance by their gait.
P 171. Fingerprints can be imitated using a Gummi Bear like mixture.
P. 208. CAPPS II passenger screening.
P227, Sobel 1997 letter, "The FBI, for example, recognizes that data in its computer system of criminal records has an inaccuracy rate of 33 percent."
P 246. Quoting Ben Bell, "We have a right of passage and travel."
P 257. "In 2000, the FBI acknowledged it was using (an internet) data collection device, with the suggestive name Carnivore."
P280. Despite constitutional guarantees, "...there are no restrictions in the private sector to individuals collecting information across this country, which potentially could be a problem for the citizens of this country. (D'Amuro)
P 288. RFID in credit cards.
P 290. Metal fiber technology.
P 299. Dust technology and 'smart dust'.
Related books:
"The Naked Society", Vance Packard
"The Assault of Privacy", Arthur Miller
"Body of Secrets", Bamford
"Database Nation"
"The Naked Crowd"
"The Broken Window", a novel by Jeffery Deaver
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