When our technology turns on us

IPhones, IPads, Android phones have been discovered tracking our movements. Michigan law enforcement is apparently extracting data from smart-phones without warrant or probable cause.

We are quickly approaching a point where our personal electronic devices cannot be trusted. While some people believe that no electronic device can or should be trusted, I’m of the opinion that without being able to trust in the security of our devices the full potential of these tools will never be realized.

When I talk about being able to trust our devices, I’m not talking about them being safe from hackers. That will never happen. Our own homes or cars aren’t safe from criminals. I’m talking about our devices being used against us in ways that we do not wish to allow. If the people that write software and manufacture our electronic devices do not begin taking customer privacy much more seriously and if we’re unable to stop government from assuming that since these devices did not exist when the 4th Amendment was written they shouldn’t be covered by its protections then I’m afraid we’re going to start seeing more people downgrading their technology. More people ditching their smart-phones for older style “dumb” cell phones.

We can force our government to get out of our gadgets just as voters in Houston have banned the use of red-light cameras.

Oh, and here’s a Hooker….