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for anything. I still don't see the need for a federal law.
don't want to be survei lled, don't buy an Xbox. Sony or Nintendo will come out with a
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I looked at my cable box. What if cable companies decided to do thisl We're
very I mited in what cable companies you can use. Without any oversight and very little effort, the
cable �ompanies could work together and push that out. Most people will do without a gaming
conso�es, how many would actually say no to cable?
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You :must admit tho ugh, the princ iple is the exact same no matter how much you want the product.
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While I do agree the federal government should be very limited in its interference with
anything, this is not one of those cases. The government has a j ob of protecting your right to
privacy. It is one of the few things the government is supposed to do. I have no prob lem with
the government telling co rporations that they us.
can not punish us if we don't allow them to spy o n
The same guy replying back to n1e
The government has no such duty to protect your right of privacy in voluntary transactions I between private citizens/entities. You have no more right to an xbox without a camera than a I right to vegetables without genetically modified organis ms . Nor do yo u have a ri ght to cable.
And what if you did? Take it to the logical conclusion, what other freely produced/purchased items would you then have the right to force (by the State, legislature) producers to make
according to your whim? I don't like being spied on, so I won't buy the pro duct . That's where
the analysis stops. My reply back
It does when it is the one using said corporations to spy on the citizens. Cable companies are
also not entirely private entities. They are highly subsidized by big government. If they were
truly priv ate entities many non..; spying
ones would pop up as soon all the maj or ones started spying. Ev ery home would have a choice of 2 or more cable providers but that isn't the case for
most people.
I don't eat GMO's but would agree the government has no right to make companies label GMO products .
Fre e Market works just fine because non-GMO foods make sure it is written al over.
As a co nsumer you're left with many choices.
Cabl e companies are comp letely different. It's about the control of information. If cable
companies tomorrow could tell you that you either put in a camera or they stop pro v iding you