Watched: Police are stockpiling databases with personal information
Either I'm numb to all the "data" that's out there or I don't really understand the threat. But I'm feeling a bit "meh" about all of these reports.<p>Don't get me wrong, the use of personal data for vendettas and retaliation is clearly wrong and should be prosecuted.<p>So yea, I don't like misuse of data, but simply having data that they collected no longer seems bad to me. And if it was warrantless then it's inadmissible anyhow, right?<p>If you don't want them "taking" your info, just don't speak to them. That's your right. And if you make the data publicly available on the internet, they scrap it, and you get upset, isn't that the same as distributing free pamphlets and getting annoyed at the police for taking a couple and photocopying them?