Ted Rall for October 22, 2014

Guess she WAS the government.

I think the technical term is ‘He needed killin’.’

And his life insurance probably won’t pay.

The enemy we know versus the enemy we don’t know.

Ted makes a good point. I really wonder what people who are so concerned about privacy are trying to hide. Most people have somewhat normal lives that are of little interest to anybody else. In any case, private industry is doing a much better job of spying on you. That is what they really should be worried about. There are no laws to constrain them.

As someone who’s life is dull as dirt, I approve of this editorial cartoon!

POP a cap—-

1. Love the fact that Ted reads our comments.

2. Considering all of the information the computer in my car is gathering and sending out, the fact that Amazon instantly knows what books/articles/equipment that I looked an sends me adds about their great prices, the cameras everywhere, probably more people watching us then there are of us.

3. Those watching me must be bored – very, very bored.

I agree with the sentiment that there is overreach.To the people asking the government to protect you from the big bad companies, where exactly did they get the power to force you to use them (in order to get your personal information).You traded convenience for total privacy a long time ago, but YOU made that trade.

The expectation of privacy ends when you leave home. Unless you use the internet.

I’m not arguing legally, I merely state that the EXPECTATION of privacy ends. At least you should assume so.

“I agree that companies should be restricted about the information that they track, especially since far too many of them are willing to sell that info to the government.”Not to mention that it seems to be fairly easy for hackers to break into their systems and steal the information.