Sadly - any expectation of privacy anywhere ever will leave us disappointed.
I remember the shock the first time I learned motel employees (the exterior corridor type) were using the central maintenance tunnel between the rooms to drill little holes and peek at motel guests in their rooms. Then it was department stores busted with security cams looking into fitting rooms and bathrooms.
My mother has been walking around since early 2000 something with the charged battery OUT of her TracFone so the government can't turn her phone on remotely to track her every move and listen to everything she's doing.
I've no doubt my local government has pics of me picking my nose in my car at one of the intersections with cameras. Not that I make a habit of such things but you know, sometimes it has to be done.
I long ago accepted that Choicepoint or some other jerks had a big database with every purchase I had ever made anywhere and could pretty much tell anyone who asked where I was at any given moment of any day just by crunching the purchases. I expect any job I ever apply for these days the background search company hired to check me out will uncover everything from where my birthmarks are to how much I spent on groceries last week to whether anyone within 10 degrees of me on Facebook can in any way disqualify me for employment.
This NSA thing - scooping up every person's every form of modern communication. I don't like this any more than I like that damn camera staring at me at the ATM "for my security". I'm not shocked the NSA is doing what they've been doing though and not even outraged.
Sadly, my distrust of the human beings who run everything has gotten to the point where I expect them to spy on everyone everywhere at any opportunity they can. Mostly for profit or basic creepitude or both.
Am I the only one who's no longer shocked?
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