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(32,139 posts)or financial pressure is applied.
Case in point: The most recent patent for E-Z Pass, which countless American commuters use to pay less in tolls and avoid the hassle of toll booths during their commute, includes a camera INSIDE the car, monitoring the passengers.
If the choice becomes using this version or not having the discounts and the relief from toll stops, many commuters will be pressured into giving up their privacy.
Same for the Internet ID plan that's being quietly developed by the Obama administration. What little press there has been about it has stressed that it will be voluntary, but if you actually read the proposal, the entire thrust of it is to blanket the internet as quickly as possible and make it financially untenable for websites NOT to participate and require its use.