Cindy Miller wrote:
I'm not real comfortable about the privacy issues-- however not being
a Constitutional scholar or a lawyer or anything--I can't put my
argument into flowing prose.
But something about it just doesn't feel right. Like cameras at
stoplights, or in elevators--or Ez-Pass--the argument that "well,
you're not doing anything wrong, so why should it bother you" just
isn't gettin' it for me....(The worst is a flashing sign on 38 in
Jersey that tells you to "REPORT SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR")
Wish I were better able to put words to this nagging feeling....
I think I know the problem here. You're presuming that, if you watch
something 'wrong,' that the authorities will come after you. My point is
that there's nothing on broadcast television that's _remotely_ that
dangerous. (We can't even get Al-Jazeera in this town.)
If there's a complaint against the TiVo system,. it's that they might
use the information on your viewing habits to market things to you. That
can be irritating, but it's certainly not like being arrested. The worst
I get is that the TiVo will occasionally record a show I have no
interest in watching.
And why should you let this (mostly imagined) threat deter you from
watching what you want?That's a bit like saying you don't want to use a
public library, because they track what books you've checked out. Or not
using credit cards to buy books, because they might track what books
you've bought? Isn't that giving in to a police state, long before they
even begin to get oppressive?
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