“I would like to see this extended to include the GPS data coming from my cell phone. Monitoring the GPS coordinates coming from my cell phone is no different than conducting a wire tap. Use of that data in a legal context should require an explicit warrant before the data is admissible as evidence in a legal proceeding. “
And let’s not forget FasTRAK/FastPass toll transponders. Here in Northern California CalTrans was forced to provide bags for your transponder that prevents it’s being tracked. It’s a pain in the ass to have to take it out to use it, but at least you have the satisfaction of knowing that they don’t know your every movement. Then, there are all the “smart utility meters,” another violation of your right of privacy.
BS. It is not an invasion is you consent to it.
A private contract for a specific pricing schedule for cheap electric service is NOT the same as the police collecting evidence on you for a criminal case.
If you are a free man, you can disconnect your electric service, get gas appliances and heat and run your lights off of solar/batts.
But 21st century Americans are such coddled candy asses that they think all their luxuries (which didn't even exist for the founders) should be given to them for free.
I’d want to see google stop driving around taking photos of our houses, roads etc
What gives them the right to take a photo of your house, your car and you if you are in the front or back garden or you walking down the road?
Then sometimes trying to get in touch with Google and have them take your house or car or yourself off their Google earth crap can be annoying and sometimes for some I am told very time consuming
I see up in NY they used Google to peep into peoples yards and see if they had permits for certain things like pools etc
Faraday was apparently WAY ahead of his time. Arrange for a few cages.