I *thought* it was too easy!

[labrujah]

The Electronic Privacy Information Center have ucovered the fact that everyone who uses a post office kiosk gets her or his picture snapped and retained for 30 days. If the picture can't be taken (because the camera is covered, say), the transaction fails.

EPIC FOIA Request Shows Postal Machines Take, Store Photos. Documents (pdf 1.9 MB) obtained by EPIC under the Freedom of Information Act show that new Postal Service self-service postage machines take portrait-style photographs of customers and retain them for 30 days on a Windows XP platform. One document reads, "Camera required by FAA. Privacy Office is requiring a notice for customers, advising that photograph may be taken during the transaction." For more information, see the EPIC Postal Service Privacy Page. (Dec. 9)

Comments

[cobaltgreen.livejournal.com]

whoa... weird. and good to know. ill start making weird scarey terroristic faces!

[kthor.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm totally on the weird face bandwagon for this one.

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

I will be wearing a veil from now on for these.

[noisefootprint.livejournal.com]

The FAA -- that's weird. What does the Federal Aviation Administration have to do with this?

And what's a post office kiosk?

[labrujah.livejournal.com]

It's the machine you can mail packages from without talking to a person. aka the secret weapon b/c 90% of people are too computer illiterate to understand it.

[bing-crosby.livejournal.com]

maybe because mail goes on planes? I can't remember, but there was some aspect of the Patriot Act that stopped people from being able to send packages directly through airlines (there used to be a service where you could check a package to a city for $$$$ and have someone pick it up-- for when overnight fedex is not fast enough). I wonder if mail goes on passenger planes? I dunno.

omg!

[cosplay-unibomb.livejournal.com]

i sooooo HEART you right now! peace!