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BOSTON TEA PARTY OPPOSES NATIONAL ID,  PERIOD. I guess national id cards are officially unamerican.  That doesn't mean they aren't still trying to sell the EDL in Michigan.  Florida is fighting it.  Downsize D.C. amid coalition efforts wants their repeal.  Real ID after 5 years is still getting consistently bad press from the blogosphere.

Facecrook's Mark Zuckerberg, dubbed Little Caesar, waits for someone to defend his privacy.  We hope for a different haircut and to know how much money is awarded to the person who sues the pants off of him .... again.

Facebook as Caesar

GPS tracks again... that's what it does.  Now it gets your kids and the prisoners.  All sitting prospects in the public-private target range for the gubmint market.  I'll bet you're really surprised. Commentary by EFF.

FUSION CENTER UPDATE:  CIR reports... Special word goes out to the Electronic Privacy Information Center.  What do they do? They provide information about Electronic Privacy. It's awesome when they do.

Alternet tackles naked body scanners on the street in broad daylight. God, what a weird feeling that must have been...

STATUS: We are wondering about the individual mandate for a national healthcare ID.

India's issues with the Unique Identification Authority of India.  FYI...Don't buy a cell phone in China...

BEIJING — China wants people who buy new cell phone numbers to register their personal details, joining many European and Asian countries in curbing the anonymous use of mobile technology.

There have been some changes to  FISA,  warrentless cell or telephone tapping are up for PUBLIC INPUT until OCTOBER 24, 2010.   I'm TELLIN'!!

Germany's national ID cards move to contactless technology citing NXP as national ID card chip of choice.  c/o Contactless News

"The German government has selected NXP as the supplier of an inlay solution containing a SmartMX chip, packaged in an ultra-thin module. Issuance of German contactless ID cards, which will replace the current paper-based IDs, will start in November. More than 60 million cards are expected to be rolled out over the next ten years."

FLOGGER Jim Harper takes you on an East German train ride and makes some connection you may have missed.

Denver has a nasty case of Bad Cop according to ProLibertate. However, here's a report causing cognative dissonance in the deliverance of justice in a UK case where CCTV got a bad cop off the streets.