Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Radar Detector Legislation Message-ID: <1166@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 07:27:19 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.1166 Posted: Fri Aug 9 07:27:19 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 12-Aug-85 02:41:17 EDT References: <1081@homxa.UUCP> Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 17 >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.) -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: seismo!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland