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So if the police were to station people in every public space, ie every sidewalk, every park, every public accommodation (cafes, public spaces in hotels, lobbie
by DerpDerpDerp 13y ago
So if the police were to station people in every public space, ie every sidewalk, every park, every public accommodation (cafes, public spaces in hotels, lobbies at convention centers, etc), listening to every conversation happening because they wanted to track behavior of the public, we would find this deeply unsettling and invasive, nevermind a school district doing it for "the good of the children".
Why is it okay on the internet?
- greenyoda 13y agoI don't like the idea of police spying on social media either, but I think your analogy is flawed. If I'm talking to somebody in a public space, I'm generally expecting the conversation to be private. If a cop were listening in to that conversation, it would be unexpected, and that would be analogous to the police reading my e-mail (which I also expect to be private). However, when I post a publicly readable message on Twitter or Facebook, that's not like having a private conversation in a public place. It's more like standing up on a soapbox and shouting to anyone who can hear, and I'd expect that any cop within earshot would be able to hear what I was saying. Common sense dictates that if you do something illegal, you shouldn't shout it out to the entire world.
- 001sky 13y agoIf I'm talking to somebody in a public space, I'm generally expecting the conversation to be private No, not legally. You have no such reasonable expectation of privacy in public. That is why This is not unconstitutional.