] 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."

[ Not sure if it's big news yet, but there's a lot of privacy oriented folks up in here that may be interested to read this... -k]

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