privacy issues

Seen this report? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051216/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_nsa Why not go thru the legal process with warrants? Why do it illegally? Lurker

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=8&u=/ap/20041209/ap_on_re_us/parental_snooping "Striking a blow for rebellious teenagers, the Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that state law prohibits parents from eavesdropping on a child's phone conversations. " Guess this kind...

New passports are going into effect in the US in 2005. They will contain biometric data, as well as the usual stuff (name, birth date, etc.). The passport broadcasts your data via rf over a 30 ft range -- without encryption. If you get your passport renewed now, before the new ones come out...

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I found this WIRED article about a bunch of prvacy groups' concern regarding Google's new Gmail system that will scan your emails for key works and customize the ads they provide you. Privacy advocates say this is a huge violation and blah blah blah, I don't really care. As far as I'm concerned...

I love shopping on Amazon and occassionally write a brief review of books or DVDs I have purchased there. On Amazon.com my reviews are under my amazon.com user-name. Well, I just googled my full name(what an ego) and found my reviews that I wrote on Amazon.com are on Target.com. In addition...

In light of the USA Patriot Act that everyone is so fond of, I find myself thinking back to my time in high school when I participated in policy debate and one of our topics was that of privacy. Considering that the Patriot Act increases security by decreasing the individual's privacy, I'm...

Wired News Resign yourselves people. In a couple more years there will be no personal privacy left. Ed forbid you should ever follow an itinerary that might be somewhat out of the ordinary, you'll get put on their watch list and won't even realize it until the most inconvenient time. When you...

In one thread someone mentioned that income and property taxes were a violation of privacy. Well, what do you think of web sites like this: http://find.intelius.com/?refer=27&adword=phone+number Go ahead and give yourself a search. Let's face a few facts, there is no privace in the US...

I just saw an article on Yahoo news about parents suing a school over hidden cameras, and started thinking about how prevalent cameras are becoming in our society. I am in this section of industry, so I may be too close to see the big picture. What do the people of the JREF forums think...

Do you want people to be able to see this when you go through the airport. I note they chose a women. BPesta, Shemp and Me could be pretty embarrassed when we go through the machine. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/06/26/seethru.security.ap/index.html

From Wired.com How typical! :mad: The lawmakers worry about their privacy, but not the public's.