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Re: Smartcards are coming to the US
At 15:15 4/21/96, Brad Dolan wrote:
>Saw a CNN story Friday about an interesting special debit card
>application in Mexico. They're being issued to poor Mexicans, who can
>use them to buy tortillas and a few other foodstuffs. The cards are tied to
>a behavior-control database and failure to send kids to school, get
>mandatory medical exams/treatments/vaccinations, etc. results in card
>deactivation.
My first response was: he is making this up. But it shoudn't come as a
surprise to any reader of this list. Expect to see more of it.
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