Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!emory!att!princeton!njin!uupsi!sugar!taronga!peter From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Lifestyle Information ( was Re: Safeway Stores to Accept Charge Cards) Message-ID: Date: 20 Apr 91 13:42:59 GMT References: Organization: A corner of our bedroom Lines: 18 seurer+@rchland.ibm.com (Bill Seurer) writes: > > Why not? > The reason not to use such examples is that they give the wrong > impression. If you want to convince Mr. or Ms. Average Consumer that Mr. and Ms. Average Consumer? Hands up please! > collecting lifestyle data is wrong you don't want to say, "Well, it let > the police catch this guy over here and the IRS caught this tax cheat > over here and ..." Many people would say, "It caught a bunch of crooks? > Good!" What does that have to do with comp.org.eff.talk? -- (peter@taronga.hackercorp.com) `-_-' 'U`