more on I am glad he is not worried djf Chertoff: Privacy fears not justified

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Stanton McCandlish <mech () well com>
Date: August 11, 2005 11:14:17 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on I am glad he is not worried djf Chertoff:  
Privacy fears not justified


>      Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Tuesday
[...]

> "The average American gives information up to get a CVS (drugstore
> discount) card that is far more in-depth than TSA's going to be
> looking at."

Yeah, but last I looked, the local pharmacy can't shoot me, detain me
without trial under USA-PATRIOT, raid my home, or add me to a "no-fly"
list.  This is the classic hand-wave of intentionally confusing
consumer concerns about invasion of the civil "right to be let alone",
and a much more serious and well-founded fear of further destruction of
the Fourth Amendment, state constitutional, and statutory privacy
protections against government search, seizure, unjust imprisonment,
and surveillance, which have exactly jack to do with some company
profiling of my purchases.  It's like Chertoff is saying "Well, when
your grandmother tells you to shut up, you do, so why should you mind
if we repeal the First Amendment?"


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