VerifyME: The sleazy data mining company that benefits from the new porn tax/avs bill - GoFuckYourself.com

Doctor Dre · 07-31-2005, 07:04 PM

This is more important then just a tax ... as Matt D posted on GWW :

I just wanted to shine a light on this subject because it's been overshadowed by the 25% tax. VerifyME, the age verification service that gets a free plug in The Third Way's porn report, is owned by a Washington-based political technology company called Aristotle International.

Aristotle collects information on registered voters and suppliments its database with information collected from other data sources. This information would include marital status, estimated income, home ownership status, voting history, the make and model of your car, and even the ethnicity of your surname. Aristotle sells this information to politicians so they can craft a more effective campaign.

Back in 2000 Aristotle claimed that 90% of the U.S. Senate used its services. Now it's being rewarded with legislation that makes the use of one of its products manditory. If this proposed legislation passes, Aristotle will soon be able to add sexual orientation -- and other hangups -- to the dossiers it creates on U.S. citizens.

Here are a list of links that discuss Aristotle and its questionable (and occasionally illegal) business practices:

About Aristotle's illegal purchase of voter information
http://fairfaxcountyprivacycouncil.o...20041.html.htm

Pop-up Politicos
-- OR --
Privacy Peeping-Aristotles
http://www.lowbrowlowdown.com/9.14.shtml

Data Mining of Voter Information
http://www.ombwatch.org/article/arti.../255?TopicID=1

For Sale: The American Voter
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,61543,00.html

So read and discuss. But more importantly spread the word to anyone willing to listen.

Doctor Dre · 07-31-2005, 08:06 PM

Guess nobody gives a fuck ...

bhutocracy · 07-31-2005, 08:08 PM

ouch.. very very scary.

Doctor Dre · 07-31-2005, 09:43 PM

I guess my man having sex with goat thread is more important ... wtf is wrong with people

ProjectNaked · 07-31-2005, 11:02 PM

There is a shady deal behind EVERY piece of litigation that hits D.C.

Someone or some company is always benefiting....that is why there are so many pointless laws passed every year.

BradM · 07-31-2005, 11:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ProjectNaked

There is a shady deal behind EVERY piece of litigation that hits D.C.

Someone or some company is always benefiting....that is why there are so many pointless laws passed every year.

Pointless maybe... but someone always lines their pockets even with a few mil. Humans are all thieves... and the public thinks we're bad. HAH!

Tempest · 08-01-2005, 12:17 AM

If you want people to read something that could be important. Don't post it on a Sunday night.

chase · 08-01-2005, 12:19 AM

Wow, I just wanted to say thanks for bringing that to my attention..I have a newsflash section on one of my sites and I've already talked about the tax on it.....I'll definitely be commenting on this.

Doctor Dre · 08-01-2005, 12:37 AM

Bump on that juicified board

Chio The Pirate · 08-01-2005, 12:39 AM

YARGH! I benefit.

08-01-2005, 12:19 AM	#8
chase Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Tampa Bay Posts: 6,019	Wow, I just wanted to say thanks for bringing that to my attention..I have a newsflash section on one of my sites and I've already talked about the tax on it.....I'll definitely be commenting on this. __________________ Need Hosting? Reality Check Network services me purrrfectly!

08-01-2005, 12:39 AM	#10
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07-31-2005, 08:08 PM	#3
bhutocracy Not making A Comeback Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 10,218	ouch.. very very scary.

07-31-2005, 11:02 PM	#5
ProjectNaked Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Detroit Areola Posts: 4,309	There is a shady deal behind EVERY piece of litigation that hits D.C. Someone or some company is always benefiting....that is why there are so many pointless laws passed every year.

08-01-2005, 12:17 AM	#7
Tempest Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: West Coast, Canada. Posts: 10,217	If you want people to read something that could be important. Don't post it on a Sunday night.