Radley Balko says we are losing our privacy!

His first sentence is right. It's not only cliche, it's stupid. Where did everybody get this idea that we all walk around invisible all the time? Up until recently, everybody was trying to be famous, a celebrity. Once you get that, you can complain about losing your privacy, but nobody will feel sorry for you.

I used to get this kind of twat from divorce clients--"He's watching me!" "Well, flip him the bird and close the drapes."

Putting up surveillance cameras is NOT as violation of your privacy, unless you find them in your living quarters without your permission, and even then, if they have a warrant, you're SOL.

Do people think the FBI and Police have nothing better to do that track Joe Blow around every day? Actually, they usually know who they're looking for and have a very good reason to be looing for him. Otherwise, they could care less who walks past their camera, unless he commits a crime while doing so.

What about all these face recognition tech and iris identification? Sorry, Bunky, it's only to cull you out from the ones they really want to keep an eye on. Once they know you're not he or she, it's "Move along, Buddy!"

If the time ever comes that they really want to duplicate Big Brother, we'll have a lot more to worry about than whether someone is watching us, because the courts will be gone and martial law will be in effect.