Posts by Pat 3 publicly visible posts • joined 20 Apr 2007
Setting a baseline for legality is fine, except in this case its illegal for me to find out if my kids been tagged, that's screwed up. I can see it now; teacher overhears the conversation "hey dude, my dad's got this scanner and found out our school id has some chip in it, says its got my birthdate, sex, said its M, glad the old man didn't find Y,and how did the school know..."
Then I find myself talking the mind police
Just friggin great
I, for one, would rather not have my medical records a matter of public record just because I shove off. I would rather leave my family with making the decision to release info, as it may affect them in some way.
The presidential letters comment is a nice support for this as those letters are generally made public by the decedent or their relatives (by donation to the Smithsonian or the specific presidental library). Just look at the fight the family of James Joyce is having related to his letters. Thats a bit extreme, because the guy is trying to censor already public info, but he has a right for the estate to profit from Joyce's work.
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