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Re:Amazon Echo by anigbrowl on Thursday November 06, 2014 @03:54PM (#8569696)
You're making my point for me. The system largely ignores a large majority of the people, who therefore don't care much about this issue to feel deterred from buying the relevant technology. Hence the enormous popularity of smartphones with GPS functionality and so forth: never getting lost >> government tracking everywhere you go, for most people.
Re:Amazon Echo by CamperBob2 on Thursday November 06, 2014 @06:01PM (#8570357)
The system isn't designed to watch everyone.

It's designed to watch anyone.

Re:Amazon Echo by xnull2guest on Friday November 07, 2014 @01:24AM (#8571422)
The technical apparatus is designed to watch everyone.

The legal apparatus is designed to watch anyone.

Re:Amazon Echo by socceroos on Thursday November 06, 2014 @04:53PM (#8570036)
> The system largely ignores a large majority of the people

Have you been under a rock the last few years?