Dell and the Patriot Act (Updated)

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Thursday November 02, 2006 · 9:36 PM PST

2006/11/02 · 21:36

Earlier today I decided to purchase some additional memory for a somewhat sluggish laptop, so I gave the kind folks at Dell a call. After a few minutes of back-and-forth we agreed on the modules I needed to buy, got the credit card stuff out of the way, and then something really interesting and disturbing happened. The operator said, "before we can complete the transaction, under the Patriot Act I am required to ask you some questions." Read More

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