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To: gnuman who wrote (72771)2/3/1999 2:12:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
<There are numerous court cases in which the Constitutional right to privacy have been cited.>

While you may be right, Gene, it is my own humble opinion that the courts have taken such a "constitutional right to privacy" to an extreme. For example, I don't know how the Fourth Amendment can be stretched to protect abortion, but I guess the courts see things in ways that I never imagined. (On a related note, it now seems that the First Amendment doesn't apply to Web sites who publish the names of abortion doctors. Truly these courts have dizzying intellects.)

I thought the Fourth Amendment only guards against unwarranted search and seizures. A camera watching a public place is OK, as well as a webmaster collecting e-mail addresses (or processor serial numbers) of those who visit the web site. This is because the web site should be considered a public place.

If some program (like an ActiveX control or whatever) surreptitiously collects information on your computer, like the PSN or the system configuration, that's an invasion of privacy because the computer is part of your private domain. If that happens, though, who's fault will it be? The web site who collects the information? Or Intel? Blaming Intel for this thing is like blaming Nike for murder because some teenager killed another in order to steal his Air Jordans.

But like I said before, what do I know? The courts may see things very differently ...

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