This cannot be allowed to contine...
If anyone ever bothered looking at what our beloved "PATRIOT" Act actually says one of the federal powers it asserts is to go into people homes, with or without their knowledge or presence, install surveillance equipment (primarily on computers) and monitor away on "suspicion of being suspicious. " And if by some freak stroke of luck you actually manage to FIND OUT they're doing it, the same law that claims this as a federal power also makes it illegal for you to tell anyone.
For that matter, most new cars these days have GPS installed, whether or not the owner can access or is even aware of it; frankly, I've never understood why people refuse to tolerate some powers in governments but are perfectly fine allowing them for powerful private citizens accountable to none. You have a lot more influence on you government than you do Microsoft, more than most people have on their own employers, so why is the most accountable one the least trustworthy? Note how the dissenting Justices arguments underscore mine nicely.

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1984 at last...Very Disturbing
25/08/2010 04:08:04 PM
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what a stupid decision...
25/08/2010 04:16:49 PM
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You don't have a reasonable expectation of privacy in your driveway
25/08/2010 04:32:08 PM
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the police aren't snapping pictures.
25/08/2010 04:36:32 PM
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How is it really that much different then following in car or helicopter?
25/08/2010 04:27:28 PM
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it's about 4th and 5th amendment, imho
26/08/2010 03:00:01 AM
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and how is it different from police hiding a GPS tracker in my coat? Or is that OK too? *NM*
26/08/2010 05:12:30 AM
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When it comes to stuff like this I always same the same thing
25/08/2010 05:09:01 PM
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true. but what if they only think you're breaking the law?
25/08/2010 05:19:52 PM
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Well they would easily find out you weren't a drug dealer
25/08/2010 05:25:40 PM
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wait, now i'm guilty until proven innocent?
25/08/2010 05:32:42 PM
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most of those people deserved to be tasered *NM*
25/08/2010 05:45:29 PM
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most of the old women and non-resisting people deserve to be tasered? *NM*
25/08/2010 09:07:12 PM
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most of them are resiting they resisting
25/08/2010 09:13:29 PM
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but they aren't resisiting in a way that puts the officer in danger, i mean.
25/08/2010 09:22:06 PM
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but effective
25/08/2010 09:55:30 PM
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yes nothing says "better than arguing" than ELECTROCUTING SOMEONE
25/08/2010 11:14:55 PM
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any physical altercation is dangerous for a police officer
25/08/2010 11:30:07 PM
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you see plenty of videos where the person wasn't being aggressive, though.
25/08/2010 11:46:43 PM
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Sorry but he needed to be tasered
26/08/2010 02:57:19 AM
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well we're getting a little off topic here and going to a sidebar soon..
26/08/2010 03:36:43 AM
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And when someone dies because they get electrocuted?
26/08/2010 06:52:13 AM
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all the more reason to listen to a police officer if they point a taser at you *NM*
26/08/2010 02:43:46 PM
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I believe Jefferson had a certain famous quote about that... *NM*
25/08/2010 07:50:48 PM
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It was Franklin.
25/08/2010 10:12:54 PM
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i do love that quote
25/08/2010 11:17:11 PM
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They did. He says it in Congress and, if I recall correctly, Dickinson gets annoyed.
25/08/2010 11:37:41 PM
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The law is not always just or correct. Legislators make mistakes and can be corrupt. *NM*
25/08/2010 09:06:55 PM
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This feels like two separate issues to me.
25/08/2010 05:25:50 PM
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even if they are not restricted, driveways are private property
25/08/2010 05:34:00 PM
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you don't need permission to walk up someone's driveway until they have posted a no trespassing sign
25/08/2010 06:00:02 PM
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I think...
25/08/2010 09:47:51 PM
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Or you could go the other way, and say it's legal for them to put a GPS tracker on your house.
25/08/2010 10:30:32 PM
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*shrug* Old news, really.
02/09/2010 02:50:00 PM
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