When I stand at a bus stop, warming under a heat lamp, I don't have an expectation of privacy. It is, after all, a public place. Or sit at the park, I am there. But my little communications, well..I know, I've heard it - any email you send - be willing to have it on a billboard along I-5. Or maybe thats just work emails, which can be subject to sniping re-broadcast. I get this, and should have no expectation of privacy at work. I am using, after all, my employer's computer, bandwidth, heat, light.
Which is why I love my smart phone. I don't need IT spying on me sending a message to my daughter. Or to anyone else for that matter. Or what internet sites I would search on my break - its all my private information. Or is it?
Now The Government has it. Who I talked to on my cell phone, which Facebook sites I am on, who follows me on twitter (thank you!), who I've sent email to. Should I have an expectation of privacy? Does my ATT carrier care about my 1st amendment rights? Do I still have those?
I have been thinking about freedom recently. Freedom to be respected as a human, as any human deserves. Now what about this DNA thing - the Supreme Court decided that its "just like fingerprints". Maybe next they will want a sample of my spleen, in case someone out there requires a spleen that is more worthy of me, they can commandeer me (from the sample they took when I was 5 miles over the speed limit) and determine someone else is more worthy than me?
When I think about freedom, or about my worthiness, I am reminded we are all made in His image. All worthy of respect. All deserving of freedom. I am going to talk to who I want, tweet what I want, and live my life Today, and Every Day.
