Peeking Behind Closed Doors…
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Years ago, Charlie Rich had a hit song titled Behind Closed Doors whose refrain was: “Oh, no-one knows what goes on behind closed doors…”
But, that may no longer be the case.
Just ask the government.
The principal deputy director of the office of National Intelligence says Americans have to change their definition of privacy—because it should no longer mean anonymity.
Dr. Donald Kerr
This link here details the story where Dr. Donald Kerr says the only privacy you’ll have is what ”government and business provide for people’s private communication and financial information”…
Sounds OK right?
Well.. Maybe not.
You see that same story details a claim by a retired AT&T technician who says he installed a device in 2003 that ”diverted and copied every call, email and Internet site” accessed via AT&T’s San Fransisco switching office.
And where did this copied information supposedly go?
You shouldn’t need more than one guess.
Yep… A U.S. government computer.
The story claims there’s close to 2 dozen similar sites all over the country doing the same thing!
It appears our friends in Washington are indiscriminately collecting each and every piece of information about us without worrying about those annoying ol’ search warrants…
No wonder they’re telling us we need to change our definition of privacy.
They’ve already done it…
But, you say— at least I can travel where I want without the government knowing where I am…
Ah…. that’s sort of going away too..
Seems a New Jersey university has become the first to want to know where every student is at all times—and is REQUIRING them to carry GPS tracking phones.
The story linked here explains how Montclair State University will use the GPS tracking… The police chief there saying it “allows the students to have an extra pair or group of people watching over them when they’re going from one location to another.”
But, whose going to make sure it’s not used for other purposes?
The government?
Seems to me they’ve already set up the playing field…It’s just a matter of time before their team starts scoring.
So—what do we do?
I don’t have the answer—I’m just asking the question.
If we live with the technology—we live with the potential for its abuse.
In the meantime, I fully expect this post is going to end up in some file somewhere—marked with a notation to keep an eye on the guy who wrote it—because he’s dangerous.
—Steve
Link here to the story Steve covered today on NBC-17
Photo of Dr. Kerr courtesy of: The National Reconnaissance Office
