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In reply to the discussion: Is it because he's black? [View all]KharmaTrain
(31,706 posts)...or agendas. Privacy ends at your door...it always has. Once you walk outside you're in the public domain and your deeds and actions can be tracked. Write a check, go past a public camera...we're leaving electronic footprints everywhere. Also let's not forget the census records, income taxes and other government forms (unemployment, medicare/medicaid) that the government has...plenty to mine from without having to sit and listen to what you need to pick up from the store or your latest email "joke of the day". When you go online or pick up a phone...it's an electronic "walk" outside your door and thus a lot of 4th Ammendment interpretation just doesn't stand muster (such as meta data).
I firmly believe there's a big issue with the corporate intrusion into our privacy. They are actively datamining on millions of Americans and their actions can mean the difference between getting a loan or not or a job.
Cheers...