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Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by hedora on Saturday May 26, 2018 @05:02PM (#17164226)
Honestly, a publically available real time map of the location of all lawmakers that haven’t pledged to fix this is probably the only way to fix it.

If that’s not enough, some simple data mining to list all their known associates, mistresses (etc), would probably get it fixed.

Sadly, they’d probably just make it illegal to publish data about the ruling class and not the rest of us.

Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by landryraccoon on Saturday May 26, 2018 @06:20PM (#17164542)
> Honestly, a publically available real time map of the location of all lawmakers that haven’t pledged to fix this is probably the only way to fix it.

Restricting this to certain lawmakers based on political affiliation on positions is not the right way to go. If one party is more affected than another, they will turn it into a purely tribal issue. (Democrats are lawbreakers who are endangering Republican politicians by releasing sensitive location data! This shows that Democrats cannot be trusted! Why wasn't Clinton's location data released too? Fake liberal news, etc.. etc..) This is easy to spin, and will turn their base against reform.

If you do this, you have to include all lawmakers. This is actually more fair because regardless of who is paying lip service to privacy, the legislature collectively has failed to do anything about it. How do you know those who claim to support privacy really do at all behind closed doors?

Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by r00fus on Saturday May 26, 2018 @08:23PM (#17164879)
It's not about party affiliation. It's about whether they care or not to support the overwhelming public interest.

What we want is a government scared of its citizens not the other way around.

Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by nikofeyn on Sunday May 27, 2018 @01:05AM (#17165508)
most governments are perfectly afraid of their citizens, hence every decision being towards more control. in the face of being more afraid, they will tighten that control, and not loosen it.
Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by jasonmp85 on Saturday May 26, 2018 @10:33PM (#17165187)
Who gives a shit? Fuck this nuanced bullshit. Target them.
Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by cpeterso on Sunday May 27, 2018 @03:01AM (#17165848)
Here's a classic 2002 story about a Portland district attorney changing his tune on the privacy of garbage after a reporter reporting on the contents of the DA's garbage:

http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-1616-rubbish.html-2

Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by pjc50 on Saturday May 26, 2018 @07:02PM (#17164651)
This is why the US has some extremely narrowly drafted bits of privacy law, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_Privacy_Protection_Act
Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by SilasX on Sunday May 27, 2018 @12:33AM (#17165444)
Crazy: they banned disclosure of video rental history just because a Supreme Court nominee was embarrassed by having it disclosed? Great moments in having principles!
Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by craftyguy on Sunday May 27, 2018 @01:18AM (#17165534)
Oh yea, the Supreme Court is generally just as crazy as the other two branches of government. Go read about a few of their decisions.
Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by whatshisface on Saturday May 26, 2018 @05:37PM (#17164383)
>Sadly, they’d probably just make it illegal to publish data about the ruling class and not the rest of us.

It might already be illegal, it sounds a little like blackmail.

Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by mygo on Saturday May 26, 2018 @05:49PM (#17164440)
it’s only blackmail when you have a demand.

the party that discloses the information does not need to have demands.

Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by marblar on Saturday May 26, 2018 @06:03PM (#17164489)
> publically available real time map of the location of all lawmakers that haven’t pledged to fix this
Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by swerveonem on Sunday May 27, 2018 @12:28AM (#17165433)
Sounds like an interesting project, let's collaborate.