Re: Getting consumers' consent to sell cellphone, tracking data

[Lamp <lamp () deviant org>]

> Some of us plain don't think it's the government's business, or anybody else's.

> How would you feel if tonight, while you were watching TV, somebody came tp the
> door and flashed a badge, and insisted you account for *all* of your last 2
> week's movement, without any probable cause or explanation?

> How is it any different if they gather the information without your permission?

This explanation is perfectly fine.  We DO have a right to privacy.  
Unfortunately there will be people out there that hold onto, "If you 
don't do anything wrong then you don't have anything to worry about."   
And your explanation doesn't sufficiently counter that.  The reason that 
can counter the pollyannas out there is that governments don't just 
target terrorists and criminals, they also target anyone who engages in 
ANY form of dissent.  (google "cointelpro")  There are lots of other 
ways to track people, but why give them an instantaneous, easy way of 
doing it? 

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