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   Andrew to AJL   
   Re: A Useful Android Advantage: GPS Spoo   
   03 Dec 24 06:51:05   
   
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   fine to track anyone you want as long as you use legal means to do so.   
      
   Unless there's a court order or a trespassing decree. Did you know that   
   California has trespassing laws that start from infraction and go to   
   felony? That's as complicated as the California curb-color laws.   
      
   Yellow. White. Green. Blue. Red. Do they really need 5 different colors?   
      
   >> The privacy hole is that you "can" be tracked. Not that you "are"   
   >> tracked, since you will likely never know if you're actually being   
   >> tracked.   
   >   
   > Agreed. So can you. Go to the doctor? It's online. Pay taxes? It's   
   > online. Use a credit card? It's online. Have a bank account? It's   
   > online. Etc etc etc. All available to the computer bad guys (and office   
   > personnel). And you'll probably never know they're (gasp) looking at it...   
      
   Every time some lady in an office tells me she needs my identifying   
   information and then she says they "protect" it, I give her an earful.   
      
   >> It's so easy to add a keylogger to any computing device, it's not   
   >> funny. Anyone with physical access can do anything to most   
   >> computers.   
   >   
   > They'd have to break into my house to have access to my toys. If that   
   > happens I suspect the toys would be gone, not key-logged. And unlike you   
   > I keep all my home stuff locked (even my phone) with 5 digit pins so as   
   > to give me time to change the necessary passwords...   
      
   As you know, I have no passwords or pins on my computer devices, but my   
   kids and wife have them and we all know everyone's code 'cuz it's their   
   birthday. Ooops. I said too much...   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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