1. For a sense of how EZ-pass can be used aginst you (and a great read): http://www.amazon.com/Little-Brother-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765319853/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231348626&sr=8-1 Little Brother by Cory Doctorow gives a frightenly plausible description of Homeland Security gone amuck. 2. I work in a library. Our book check out system removes the patron information from a book transaction the moment it is checked back in. The Patriot Act allows the feds to search your patron records but no where does it state that you have to keep that information. I am not sure but I think that it is a violation of librarian ethics to give out patron information (which is why librarians do not like the Patriot Act) Jim
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Brian Siano <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. > -- Jim Cummings ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
