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Decode the Info On Your Driver's License Pic

camera so you can submit the picture of the barcode on your driver's license to their website. After a few minutes it will tell you what information is encoded onto your driver's license. I didn't try it yet because I don't have a scanner, but I will try to see if my webcam makes a good enough image to submit. They also have a standalone java program so you can do the same thing off line. Here's the page:

Decode the barcode on your driver's license:

http://turbulence.org/Works/swipe/barcode.html

It's part of something called the "Swipe Project." There is also a page about getting reports from various "data-mining" companies to see what information about you they are selling. You have to pay to get the report, but for some the fee may be worth it.

Getting your data report:

http://turbulence.org/Works/swipe/request.html

A further provided link takes you to a very good website about online privacy, anonymous surfing and all kinds of encryption. Here's a great page with lots of information. I was interested in encryption because I'd like to add an encryption feature to the Paragraph program.

Encryption, anonymous surfing, etc.

http://www.epic.org/privacy/tools.html

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