January 22, 2004

Enter the Matrix.

"Combining state records with databases owned by Seisint Inc., Matrix details -- among other things -- the property, boats and Internet domains people own, their address history, utility connections, bankruptcies, liens and business filings, according to an August report by the Georgia state Office of Homeland Security."

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``With minimal input and the push of a button, witnesses, associates,
relatives and suspects can be identified and located,'' adds the report,
which was cited in a December Supreme Court filing by the Electronic
Privacy Information Center."

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