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MineralMan

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6. Everyone is surveilling these days, it seems.

Reply to Rex (Reply #2)

Tue Nov 12, 2013, 03:41 PM

Nov 2013

I doubt that's likely to change anytime soon. We all carry tracking devices around with us these days. Combined with cameras everywhere, privacy is history. And it's not just government that's doing it. In fact, business interests are more interested in what we all do than the government is, frankly.

That is not going to change. As much as we might wish it to go away, there's not a chance in Hell of that.

The answer to that reality? I don't know. Not being in any way interesting to those who are interested seems the best approach to me. So, that's what I do.

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Is Homeland Security tracking everyone in Seattle? [View all] Savannahmann Nov 2013 OP

They wouldn't be tracking me. MineralMan Nov 2013 #1

Even Powering Down A Cell Phone Can't Keep The NSA From Tracking Its Location tina tron Nov 2013 #3

I don't care. The NSA is not interested in me in any way. MineralMan Nov 2013 #4

But you said that they can't track you tina tron Nov 2013 #5

Actually, they probably could track me. MineralMan Nov 2013 #7

Yes they are interested in you.... Demo_Chris Nov 2013 #16

No, that is you, not me. MineralMan Nov 2013 #17

We might not be a police state, but we are turning into a surveillance state. Rex Nov 2013 #2

Everyone is surveilling these days, it seems. MineralMan Nov 2013 #6

I just have a real problem with the govt wanting to turn into 1984. Rex Nov 2013 #8

I didn't say I liked it. I said that I didn't think there was a damn MineralMan Nov 2013 #10

I didn't say you had to like or dislike it, just my opinion on the topic. Rex Nov 2013 #11

There is a big difference if you haven't figured it out. Savannahmann Nov 2013 #12

As I said, there is the potential for abuse in any such surveillance MineralMan Nov 2013 #13

they're so busy tracking mom going to the market that they'll miss John Q Terrorist NightWatcher Nov 2013 #9

This will be used to try and prevent future May day protests. Last year they detained a couple liberal_at_heart Nov 2013 #14

Ah yes. Savannahmann Nov 2013 #18

Want to learn more about this technology? MineralMan Nov 2013 #15