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NightWatcher

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1. "1st Amendment" & "free speech" are not magic code words

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Mar 8, 2014, 10:39 AM

Mar 2014

You can't just cite them as any reason to do anything you like.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

I don't see anything there that allows a company (Corporations are not people, my friend) to track a persons actions.

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David Sirota: Do Companies Have a First Amendment Right to Track You? [View all] marmar Mar 2014 OP

"1st Amendment" & "free speech" are not magic code words NightWatcher Mar 2014 #1

No, but they DO have the ability to do so and right now nothing is prohibiting it. JJChambers Mar 2014 #2

Consider your own info to have its own DRM. L0oniX Mar 2014 #5

Exactly why we need a privacy amendment that protects from government as well as corporate intrusion JJChambers Mar 2014 #7

They seem to have the right Turbineguy Mar 2014 #3

Funny ...I got ask why they always fuzz out plates on tv shows like Cops or Cheaters. L0oniX Mar 2014 #4

Can one setup their own DRM digital rights management? L0oniX Mar 2014 #6