Taking A Byte Out Of Privacy

November, 1987

A police officer pulls you over for failing to signal a turn. He does a routine computer check and finds that you're wanted in Los Angeles for murder and robbery. You protest. The police don't listen. Their records tell them that you have committed the crimes. You spend five days in jail until a fingerprint check proves that you are innocent.Think that couldn't happen to you? Think again. It happened to Terry Dean Rogan in 1982. Rogan, a Michigan resident, lost his wallet while visiting Detroit-...

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