tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post2950663198464236182..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: To my readers in the tech industryamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-91147005256625788902016-12-21T21:49:23.270-08:002016-12-21T21:49:23.270-08:00Well, certainly it's quite late! But it's ...Well, certainly it's quite late! But it's a thing that is going on now, and I support it ;)<br /><br />Without turning this in to a political blog, hopefully, I can state that I disagree with a great deal of my country's policy over the last 15 years and - it turns out, somewhat to my surprise - virtually since its inception.<br /><br />The gulf between what I was brought up to believe my country is, and what it really is (and long has been), is shocking.amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-65599596789106451982016-12-21T14:50:01.200-08:002016-12-21T14:50:01.200-08:00Andrew,
As much as I applaud your stand on such a ...Andrew,<br />As much as I applaud your stand on such a subject, isn't it a bit late to be thinking of this?<br />I understand this to be a reaction to your recent election, but your government (the USA), of both persuasions, has practised this for the last twenty years, at least.<br />Every time I travel to the US (on business, as my employer's HQ is in Houston, Texas), I have been fingerprinted and had my retina scanned and my details are always compared to a list of suspects (terrorist or otherwise, the agents never admit which) drawn up 'in the name of security'.<br />No other country has ever done this, in my over 40 years of travelling.<br />Perhaps you can persuade your technology community to petition for an end to ALL invasions of privacy such as this.<br />Regards,<br />Davidmilldavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01970560156979145583noreply@blogger.com