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[citation][nom]Sabiancym[/nom]Tracking =\= listening. The logic is sound. If it's not illegal for a cop to follow you around in public, it shouldn't be illegal for them to follow your phone signal.This isn't wire tapping, no personal info is being exposed. It's the same as having security cameras.[/citation]
Except that, while a security camera can follow my movements, the camera itself is still fixed at its location.
[citation][nom]Sabiancym[/nom]I don't care how angry you are, how much Fox news tells you it's the end of the world. This is not illegal in any way. It's the same thing as security cameras, same thing as a police stakeout, same exact thing. Nowhere in the constitution is this prohibited. The only people who are complaining are the conspiracy theorists who think the government is out to get them.It's not like warrants were hard to come by before hand. They hand them out all the time. All this does is speed up the process.Just paranoia. I see nothing wrong with it. Calling it a slippery slope is just an excuse to complain about something before anything wrong happens.[/citation]
Maybe so, but where does it end is what most are concerned about. I am curious as to whether you really want anyone knowing where you are at any given time. Technically I could follow you around everywhere you go so long as its in public. Course some call that stalking but then again the paparatzzi do it all the time.
[citation][nom]Sabiancym[/nom]How come when the government tracks people it's wrong, but when massive corporations who have no interest in you except your money have the ability to do it, it's fine?I'll never understand why people fear a government that they have a say in, but not the corporation that they have absolutely no vote in.[/citation]
Just to answer your question. Because governments can weld a lot more towards you than a corporation. Governments can take your rights and citizenship. Last I heard corporations cannot.
I guess I could continue with this but the bottom line is that most people really are concerned with the where will it end and the increasing intrusion government is taking in our private lives.
Except that, while a security camera can follow my movements, the camera itself is still fixed at its location.
[citation][nom]Sabiancym[/nom]I don't care how angry you are, how much Fox news tells you it's the end of the world. This is not illegal in any way. It's the same thing as security cameras, same thing as a police stakeout, same exact thing. Nowhere in the constitution is this prohibited. The only people who are complaining are the conspiracy theorists who think the government is out to get them.It's not like warrants were hard to come by before hand. They hand them out all the time. All this does is speed up the process.Just paranoia. I see nothing wrong with it. Calling it a slippery slope is just an excuse to complain about something before anything wrong happens.[/citation]
Maybe so, but where does it end is what most are concerned about. I am curious as to whether you really want anyone knowing where you are at any given time. Technically I could follow you around everywhere you go so long as its in public. Course some call that stalking but then again the paparatzzi do it all the time.
[citation][nom]Sabiancym[/nom]How come when the government tracks people it's wrong, but when massive corporations who have no interest in you except your money have the ability to do it, it's fine?I'll never understand why people fear a government that they have a say in, but not the corporation that they have absolutely no vote in.[/citation]
Just to answer your question. Because governments can weld a lot more towards you than a corporation. Governments can take your rights and citizenship. Last I heard corporations cannot.
I guess I could continue with this but the bottom line is that most people really are concerned with the where will it end and the increasing intrusion government is taking in our private lives.
/www.oag.state.tx.us/victims/stalking.shtml
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