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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek)
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Subject: Re: Radar Detector Legislation
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 07:27:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  9 07:27:19 1985
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>If the government outlaws the use of radar detectors as Schwartz (sp?) has
>proposed, it will be an additional slap in the face for citizens' privacy.
>If the government believes it has the right to use electronic surveillance
>devices on all motorists to catch speeders, what will stop it from using
>electronic surveillance devices to monitor all conversations in public
>places in an effort to catch drug dealers?

There is a flaw in this analogy.  Radar guns only give the police
one piece of information: your speed.  (Ignore for now whether that
information is accurate.)  "Electronic surveillance devices" that
monitor conversations gather quite a bit more information.

(Don't get me wrong: I don't like radar detectors being outlawed either.)
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