How much are we monitored?

The Governement does not have enough manpower to look into every aspect of every person's life. The only perople that they have the ability to look into are the people that they can deam as a threat to them, or society.

well, it is nice to think in this angle. in this modern world, every thing is possible, even u amd me will also be monitored and i never thought of going in depth with this research . any how thanks for reminding and all the best

Omg!!! I just downloaded it and was playing with it...OMG! That is amazing. But it's also disturbing (to say the least) that it can literally zoom into your back yard. I could see everything when I pulled up my address, the color of my house, the color of my neighbors car, a little tykes toy that is in my backyard. I don't like it. I think that's just too much info to be able to access!!! And for FREE!!! Imagine what you could do with the ones you have to pay for. I think this is like an invasion of privacy. I wonder how often they take the pictures?? Wow, I'm still in shock. I think that this would make it easier for us to be attacked by terrorists also. Omg, I'm like so freaking out right now!!! What is happening to this world? TOO TOO TOO much technology...yes, I'm scared of change!!! Thanks for making me aware of this, I'm going to have nightmares now. LOl. Just kidding. GRRRRRREEEAATT TOPIC!

I think the government knows far more than they want us to know that they know. If they admitted to haveing the technology that you are talking about they would be in violaion of our constitutional rights.

please! the govermant can find a ant in a ant bed! the one they want i feel that alqueda trsh is a hoax and is bigger than we know.they could have found bin ladin his mom,his brother,and his misstress, if they were looking.come on its the united states and if i was important enough the would b knocking at my door right now!

i will use a towel next time i go naked to the pool... i dont want to think that some people enjoys watching me.. just a joke.

Earlier this week, I was watching a film online that was very interesting. It showed some of the new technology that is now available and plans that the US has for us. Many companies are now inserting micro-chips into the small printing on their products (like the "dot" over the "i") to track who buys their products. The government is also planning to issue national ID cards to all of us by May 2008. One way may be via our driver's licenses. Plenty of stuff out there to follow us, track our buying habits, etc. There are also chips that can be inserted under the skin of animals or people to locate them. We have a family here in Florida who had the chips inserted when first offered. I don't think I'd willingly have a chip inserted. It reminds me too much of the "Left Behind" series (by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins, I think). As for Al Queda members, Bin Laden's family are friends with Bush's family. He (our government) flew the Bin Laden family out of the US after 9/11, so...need I say more? Now I know they're going to be following me around. LOL.

These are difficult questions, but ones we need to be asking ourselves in our FREE nation. you know these are very important issue. Who knows how much we are watched. but I think it is probably more than we think.

yeah stuff like that makes you wonder, and i bet they had that technology before it even came out to the public. It crazy how you could zoom in anywhere in the world and why cant they find bin laden. maybe they dont have an adress thats why probably.

Every email you send, every phone call you make and every purchase with a credit card can be tracked if they so choose. Since this information here is also public domain they could track it as well. All they would need is your screen name. They could easily find that because when you registered here you did so using an email address. None of the information that you are seding is 100% confidential, but unless you give anyone reason to track you then no one will. Cell phones pose an even more interesting form of tracking. All new cell phone come with GPS and you can be tracked to within two feet of where you are standing and making a call. Of course the refresh rate for GPS is quite slow but you really can't get too far from where they can track you if they need to find you. Big brother is always watching, but don't get too paranoid, he has been for years!

Don't you watch CSI? they can actually zoom in the exact location that you are in.Pretty scary huh?

Hehe...don't get me started. I'm always wondering about this stuff, whether I'm yapping and running my mouth off on phone, surfing the net to getting ready to board a plane, wondering if I'm about to be searched for some asinine reason lol. That's not to say I've done or am planning some conspiracy, but you have to wonder if you could get caught in someone else's drama or having false assumptions made about you. For instance, someone off another board I go to is a webmaster and runs her own business. The FBI showed up at her door not too long ago in their shiny black sedans. They weren't after her, but rather one of her customers had been caught doing something he shouldn't have done, and they wanted to "checkup" on her to make sure she wasn't in on it too or encouraging these actions, just beause they knew they'd had spoken together via AIM because AIM showed records. Makes me wonder how many people will get pegged for something they had nothing to do with, other than innocently walking into the situation. Sheesh. I was also watching a show on HGTV, which my mom's been torturing me with for weeks now, and it was on hi-tech things. One thing they showed that had me raising any eyebrow were these little DataDots that you can stick on things to track them as a form of security, that are about the size of a grain of sand. Found that a bit creepy. As far as Al Queda, I think they know where they are already lol, but that's me.

With the advent of the latest technology and spy system anything is possible. Who knows maybe someone is watching us right now =) monitoring our every move.

its like th movie ENemy of the state!!!

When it comes to the government there is no such thing as Right to Privacy!!