Ravenwood - 12/17/04 08:15 AM
Here is something to think about the next time you buy stamps.
NW writes "According to FOIA documents obtained by EPIC new Postal Service self-service postage machines take portrait-style photographs of customers and retain them for 30 days." . . . Note that the kiosk is supposed to not complete the transaction if it determines the photograph has been compromised, so simply covering the camera is unlikely to work.Slashdot also reports that with the low cost of digital photography and storage equipment, it's only a matter of time before every machine you interact with will take your picture and store it.
Comments
Yep, I've seen that at a money-order machine at 7-11. I covered up the camera lens area, and I still got my $$, however.
We've got your solution, how bout a picture (photoshopped to seem as at the correct focal length) that you put in front of the lens. Course, lenses can be so small as to not be detected easily.
1984 has been coming rapidly .... mostly people let the stuff ride, as it's for the children. yeah!
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