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I donate hundreds of dollars annually to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, so I have a vested interest in privacy protection. That said I ride public transit

I donate hundreds of dollars annually to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, so I have a vested interest in privacy protection. That said I ride public transit routinely. There are cameras in the buses and trains. There are smart cards that store a record of every station and bus line I tag in and out of. There are cops with bomb and drug sniffing dogs. The point is there is a strong and historic precedent that transportation systems are monitored. There are even creepy announcements urging riders to report odd acitivty to throw authorities, of which I've been on the wrong end of more than once.

syshum 9y ago
>>I donate hundreds of dollars annually to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, so I have a vested interest in privacy protection. Do you want a gold star? that in no way proves you have a "vested interest" in privacy, that just proves you have give some money to charity. > The point is there is a strong and historic precedent that transportation systems are monitored Yes and people that have a "vested interest" in privacy are concerned about and have problems with the current levels of surveillance on these systems,
UncleEntity 9y ago
> The point is there is a strong and historic precedent that transportation systems are monitored. You do realize there is a difference between public and private transportation, right? I have yet to see a precedent that supports the government getting as much data as TFA talks about while using my private transportation system. Or the Supreme Court deciding that making a person wait until "cops with bomb and drug sniffing dogs" show up to a traffic stop without probable cause is an "unreasonable search". I could go on and on...