That's the difference. For example, due to ease of use, should the govt be able to track everyone's movements car or not? Should they be able to listen all outdoor conversations?
There needs to be a level of oversight and until very recently that existed if only because justifying the expense required good reason; by eliminating the expense we've eliminated the oversight. On Nov 9, 2011, at 10:52 AM, PT <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is >> the difference here. > > The ease of which it can be done. > > If the FBI is going to assign 100 agents to tail you, they obviously > have singled you out for something serious. Those 100 agents represent > a large amount of resources. > > Now they can just shove a $50 tracker under your bumper and call it a > day. At that price, why not use them whenever possible, even for no > good reason? Who knows, they might get lucky and catch you doing > something they can bust you for and get their $50 worth at least .. > something that has absolutely no relevance to why the tracker might have > been placed to begin with. With no warrant specifying what they are > after, anything they find is fair game. > > ----- > "Because I can lie beautiful true things into existence ..." > Neil Gaiman on Why I write. > > On 11/9/2011 11:37 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: >> >> Remember too the police don't need a search warrant to search a car, > > I don't think this is universal. If it is, it shouldn't be. If I am > pulled over for a "broken tail light", there is no reason anyone needs > to look in my trunk. > >> even though it is private property. You're in public so there should >> be little or no expectation of privacy. The GPS issue is the same as >> if the FBI had details 100 agents to follow the guy around. What is >> the difference here. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343992 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
