Real0ne
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Remember the movie?
Well it is here you know. Look how they plan on implementing it. I wonder how many states will make this known to us and how many will try to sneak it through?
Is state government above federal government?
The Matrix is all round you, you cant touch it, you cant feel it, but you know its there.
THE MATRIX IS AN UNPRECEDENTED SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM AIMED AT
INNOCENT AMERICANS.
One danger of The Matrix is that because it is operated by individual states, it won’t provoke the reaction stirred up by a national program like TIA, which was run not only by the federal government, but by the Pentagon. And yet The Matrix could become just as powerful a tracking system as TIA would have been. Although The Matrix was started in Florida and is being run by individual states, it remains a potentially awesome tool for the federal government. We don’t know the full extent of federal involvement in the program, but we do know that it has received $4 million from the Justice Department and has been promised a further $8 million from the Department of Homeland Security.4 In addition, Matrix officials have said they are considering giving access to the CIA.5
http://www.aclu.org/FilesPDFs/matrix%20report.pdf
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/15246pub20040520.html#attach
Makes me feel so cozy and warm inside.
Myth: The MATRIX is about fighting terrorism.Reality: The MATRIX has little to do with terrorism.Like so many surveillance programs today, MATRIX is being pitched as a means of stopping terrorists (for example, the Total Information Awareness program suddenly became "Terrorism Information Awareness" in the face of growing public and Congressional opposition).
Myth: MATRIX does not utilize data mining.Reality: Data mining has always been one of the most important components of the MATRIX program.MATRIX officials have claimed that the program does not include the highly controversial practice of law enforcement "data mining," in which an automated computer program scans through the records of everyone - criminal and innocent alike - in a search for patterns that are thought to suggest wrongdoing. But the documents obtained by the ACLU contain numerous explicit references to data mining,
Myth: MATRIX contains information that has always been routinely available to law enforcement.Reality: MATRIX gives law enforcement unprecedented access to enormous stores of commercially available information.MATRIX appears to include a mix of corporate data, court records and other data compiled by private industry, and records provided directly by the states. This information includes property ownership, address history (including all the people an individual has ever lived with), business and corporate information, marine vessels, U.S. directory assistance, public utility services connections, bankruptcies, liens and judgments, UCC filings, FCC pilot information, hunting and fishing licenses, gun licenses, professional licenses, voter registrations, and U.S. domain names. The MATRIX also includes drivers license data from 15 states, criminal offender information from 35 states and court data from parts of 15 states including felony, misdemeanor and traffic violations going back decades.[7]
Myth: MATRIX is run by states.Reality: MATRIX is almost completely funded by the federal government.Documents make clear the substantial role of the federal government in this program, which raises the question of whether the MATRIX is at least in part an attempt by federal authorities to cultivate a data mining system that will not attract the attention or oversight of a program like Total Information Awareness, the Pentagon program shut down by Congress.
Myth: The accuracy of data in MATRIX is checked before law enforcement takes action.Reality: There is no guarantee that the accuracy of the data will be checked and every reason to believe that it won't be.Time after time, both government and private databases have been revealed to be riddled with errors, and MATRIX will be no different. In fact, the contract between MATRIX and Seisint (the private company supplying MATRIX with data) states that it cannot guarantee the "correctness or completeness" of data in the system.
Myth: MATRIX has adequate security measures in place.Reality: State agencies have raised serious concerns about the safety of data in MATRIX. When a system like MATRIX brings various sources of information together to create detailed dossiers on individuals, security must be a top concern. But apparently issues remain; the Georgia Department of Motor Vehicle Safety raised a number of concerns regarding the security of the MATRIX system.[18] As of the fall of 2003, Seisint seems to have no procedure to change passwords for access to the MATRIX system.
Myth: Information in MATRIX is only available to employees of law enforcement organizations.Reality: A number of private individuals have access to the MATRIX.
Myth: MATRIX is controlled by the state of Florida.Reality: A private company, Seisint, Inc., has complete control over the MATRIX system.
Myth: MATRIX is different from the Total Information Awareness system (TIA).Reality: MATRIX shares almost every characteristic of the federal effort to monitor private citizens.
http://www.aclu.org/privacy/spying/14999res20040210.html
And you all thought that show was just a movie? LOL
< Message edited by Real0ne -- 8/16/2007 6:28:05 PM >
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