Good Morning Mustang! No, you're absolutely right! My response was a variation on, "If You're Not Doing Anything Wrong; Then You Have Nothing To Worry About"; and that is a flawed and faulty way of thinking or approaching an unconstitutional prohibition!
This needs to stop, and Americans need to demand that it be stopped! On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 8:07 AM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote: > It's just the price of living in the information age ... if you get off > the grid, no cell phone or internet, there's still cameras all over the > place ... if you go and live off the land in the woods, you will be marked > as odd and most likely watched anyway!!! In spite of all his, we are still > more free in America than any other country!!! > > On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 3:32 PM, geoffrey theist <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So what are we to do shut up, hide and live in fear like bunch of rats?i >> believe we still have a first amendment and a constitution I guess if you >> support that you're anti government. We have a pretty secluded yard but I >> make it point at least when its warm to turn my ass up towards the Google >> satellite and say hello. I like Google OK but I wish they'd stay out of my >> neighborhood with their creepy spy shit. It's best to just live your and >> act like they're not there. Maybe they'll get bored and piss off........ >> On Apr 24, 2016 2:03 PM, "Travis" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> [image: National Motorists Association] >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=d896ffca84&e=dc28c87505> >>> >>> NMA E-Newsletter >>> >>> Issue #380 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=eda1561213&e=dc28c87505> >>> *Saint or Sinner, Government Eyes Are Watching Every Move You Make: NMA >>> E-Newsletter #380* >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=f840d13354&e=dc28c87505> >>> By John W. Whitehead, President, The Rutherford Institute >>> >>> Government eyes are watching you. >>> >>> They see your every move: what you read, how much you spend, where you >>> go, with whom you interact, when you wake up in the morning, what you’re >>> watching on television and reading on the internet. >>> >>> Every move you make is being monitored, mined for data, crunched, and >>> tabulated in order to form a picture of who you are, what makes you tick, >>> and how best to control you when and if it becomes necessary to bring you >>> in line. >>> >>> Simply by liking or sharing this article on Facebook or retweeting it on >>> Twitter >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=03612fdef8&e=dc28c87505>, >>> you’re most likely flagging yourself as a potential renegade, revolutionary >>> or anti-government extremist—a.k.a. terrorist. >>> >>> Yet whether or not you like or share this particular article, simply by >>> reading it or any other articles related to government wrongdoing, >>> surveillance, police misconduct or civil liberties is enough to get you >>> categorized as a particular kind of person with particular kinds of >>> interests that reflect a particular kind of mindset that *might* just >>> lead you to engage in a particular kinds of activities. >>> >>> Chances are, as the *Washington Post* reports, you have already been >>> assigned a color-coded threat score >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=9561a8bc04&e=dc28c87505>—green, >>> yellow or red—so police are forewarned about your potential inclination to >>> be a troublemaker depending on whether you’ve had a career in the military, >>> posted a comment perceived as threatening on Facebook, suffer from a >>> particular medical condition, or know someone who knows someone who might >>> have committed a crime. >>> >>> In other words, you might already be flagged as potentially >>> anti-government in a government database somewhere—Main Core >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=78fb889393&e=dc28c87505>, >>> for example—that identifies and tracks individuals who aren’t inclined to >>> march in lockstep to the police state’s dictates. >>> >>> The government has the know-how. >>> >>> As *The Intercept* recently reported >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=728624dab5&e=dc28c87505>, >>> the FBI, CIA, NSA and other government agencies are increasingly investing >>> in and relying on corporate surveillance technologies that can mine >>> constitutionally protected speech on social media platforms such as >>> Facebook, Twitter and Instagram in order to identify potential extremists >>> and predict who might engage in future acts of anti-government behavior. >>> >>> Now all it needs is the data, which more than 90% of young adults and >>> 65% of American adults >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=30932b1b13&e=dc28c87505> >>> are >>> happy to provide. >>> >>> When the government sees all and knows all and has an abundance of laws >>> to render even the most seemingly upstanding citizen a criminal and >>> lawbreaker, then the old adage that you’ve got nothing to worry about if >>> you’ve got nothing to hide no longer applies. >>> >>> We now find ourselves in the unenviable position of being monitored, >>> managed and controlled by our technology, which answers not to us but to >>> our government and corporate rulers. >>> >>> Consider that on any given day, the average American going about his >>> daily business will be monitored, surveilled, spied on and tracked in more >>> than 20 different ways, by both government and corporate eyes and ears. As >>> I point out in my book *Battlefield America: The War on the American >>> People* >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=a7f5dba1a8&e=dc28c87505>, >>> this doesn’t even begin to touch on the corporate trackers that monitor >>> your purchases, web browsing, Facebook posts and other activities taking >>> place in the cyber sphere. >>> >>> For example, police have been using Stingray devices >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=9decdf162b&e=dc28c87505> >>> mounted >>> on their cruisers to intercept cell phone calls and text messages without >>> court-issued search warrants. >>> >>> Doppler radar devices >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=c847dd6589&e=dc28c87505>, >>> which can detect human breathing and movement within a home, are already >>> being employed by the police to deliver arrest warrants and are being >>> challenged in court. >>> >>> License plate readers, made possible through funding by the Department >>> of Homeland Security, can record up to 1800 license plates *per minute* >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=735cbe3f36&e=dc28c87505>. >>> Moreover, these surveillance cameras can also photograph those *inside *a >>> moving car >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=3773710a12&e=dc28c87505>. >>> The Drug Enforcement Administration has been using the cameras in >>> conjunction with facial recognition software to build a “vehicle >>> surveillance database” of the nation’s cars, drivers and passengers. >>> >>> Sidewalk and “public space” cameras >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=b8a9d38fe0&e=dc28c87505> >>> are >>> blanketing small and large towns alike with government-funded and >>> *monitored* surveillance cameras. It’s all part of a public-private >>> partnership that gives government officials access to all manner of >>> surveillance cameras, on sidewalks, on buildings, on buses, even those >>> installed on private property. >>> >>> Couple these surveillance cameras with facial recognition and >>> behavior-sensing technology and you have the makings of “pre-crime” >>> cameras >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=34a6015bff&e=dc28c87505>, >>> which scan your mannerisms, compare you to pre-set parameters for “normal” >>> behavior, and alert the police if you trigger any computerized alarms as >>> being “suspicious.” >>> >>> State and federal law enforcement agencies are pushing to expand their >>> biometric and DNA databases by requiring that anyone accused of a >>> misdemeanor have their DNA collected and catalogued. However, technology is >>> already available that allows the government to collect biometrics such as >>> fingerprints from a distance, without a person’s cooperation or knowledge. >>> One system can actually scan and identify a fingerprint from nearly 20 >>> feet away >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=b336173549&e=dc28c87505> >>> . >>> >>> It’s a sure bet that anything the government welcomes (and funds) too >>> enthusiastically is bound to be a Trojan horse full of nasty, invasive >>> surprises. Case in point: police body cameras. Hailed as the easy fix >>> solution to police abuses, these body cameras—made possible by funding >>> from the Department of Justice >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=e93fba20f9&e=dc28c87505>—will >>> turn police officers into roving surveillance cameras. Of course, if you >>> try to request access to that footage, you’ll find yourself being led a >>> merry and costly chase >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=ae1f5486c4&e=dc28c87505> >>> through >>> miles of red tape, bureaucratic footmen and unhelpful courts. >>> >>> The “internet of things”—the growing number of “smart” household >>> appliances and electronic devices connected to the internet and capable of >>> interacting with each other and being controlled remotely—relinquishes >>> ultimate control of and access to your home >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=be29f18a04&e=dc28c87505> >>> to >>> the government and its corporate partners. >>> >>> Then again, the government doesn’t really need to spy on you using your >>> smart TV when the FBI can remotely activate the microphone on your >>> cellphone and record your conversations >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=8160675be0&e=dc28c87505>. >>> The FBI can also do the same thing to laptop computers. >>> >>> Drones, which are taking to the skies en masse, are the converging point >>> for all of the weapons and technology already available to law enforcement >>> agencies. >>> Technology has upped the stakes dramatically. >>> >>> All of these technologies add up to a society in which there’s little >>> room for indiscretions, imperfections, or acts of independence—especially >>> not when the government can listen in on your phone calls, monitor your >>> driving habits, track your movements, scrutinize your purchases and peer >>> through the walls of your home. >>> >>> In such an environment, you’re either a paragon of virtue, or you’re a >>> criminal. >>> >>> This is the creepy, calculating yet diabolical genius of the American >>> police state: the very technology we hailed as revolutionary and liberating >>> has become our prison, jailer, probation officer, Big Brother and Father >>> Knows Best all rolled into one. >>> >>> Thus, to be an individual today, to not conform, to have even a shred of >>> privacy, and to live beyond the reach of the government’s roaming eyes and >>> technological spies, one must not only be a rebel but rebel. >>> >>> As Philip K. Dick, the visionary who gave us *Minority Report* and *Blade >>> Runner*, advised: >>> >>> *If, as it seems, we are in the process of becoming a totalitarian >>> society in which the state apparatus is all-powerful, the ethics most >>> important for the survival of the true, free, human individual would be: >>> cheat, lie, evade, fake it, be elsewhere, forge documents, build improved >>> electronic gadgets in your garage that’ll outwit the gadgets used by the >>> authorities.* >>> >>> There is no gray area any longer. >>> >>> (Reproduced with permission. The unabridged version of this commentary >>> appears here >>> <http://motorists.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b1cabcf107071c4341a0eda23&id=16fa5ab5e1&e=dc28c87505> >>> .) >>> >>> *John W. 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