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Originally posted by whocarz
If you haven't broke the law and don't have a warrant or two, then it is a non-issue. Therefore the only people who are worried about the cops learning their name are fugitives. But maybe I'm generalizing too much. Whatever.
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This is too much of a generalization. It's also the same reasoning used by people who think the government should have knowledge of the private details of one's life.
Police in various jurisdictions are now using a Blackberry product which gives them access to private databases containing such things as one's financial history. Given that providing one's name can launch a police officer's search through that data, withholding it is a reasonable response.