[pp.int.general] mandatory identification in Internet shops?

[Reinier Bakels]

> Well, we need to know where you are, to know. Where are you? :-)
<http://maps.google.nl/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=nl&geocode=&q=johan+willem+frisostraat+149,zoetermeer&sll=52.469397,5.509644&sspn=4.518045,9.832764&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Johan+Willem+Frisostraat+149,+2713+Zoetermeer,+Zuid-Holland&z=16>
The appartment building where I live is even on Google "streetview" (when 
the weather was much better than it is now). I am on the eighth floor. Note 
that floor counting in Europe starts at zero, not at one (like in the US and 
Russia), and there is one unnumbered storage floor. So don't be mistaken if 
you program your drone to attack or spy me.

I think I am already under secret service scrutiny. Last October, the police 
went into my appartment (when I was not at home) due to a complaint of my 
neighbour below of flooding, supposedly because of a washing machine 
leakage. My there was nothing wrong with my washing machine, everytghing was 
completely dry. Law requires the police to send me a copy of their report to 
me within four working days if they enter a private home without the consent 
of the owner - but I only recived it four weeks later, after I complained. 
Big broter is definitely watching me!

But frankly, location is not the issue here. They use my cellphone for that 
purpose. In my country you still can buy anonymous prepaid cellphones afaik 
(but it is a hassle to refill my prepaid account without disclosing my bank 
number).

Rumors are that people entering a city by bicyle without their cellphone 
switched on are suspects by definition. Police officials foster the idea of 
an electronic moat around cities.

------->>> The question still is: am I obliged to show an ID when using 
internet shop services, for instance in the US?

reinier