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Old 22-December-2008, 09:49 PM
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Originally Posted by jfribrg View Post
I don't know if it has been tested in court, but I would argue the prinicple of implicit consent. Kind of like placing your 50" tv in a bay window and claiming your privacy was violated by people walking by on the sidewalk and stopping to watch. If you don't want people to use it, then secure it.
That's what everyone has been talking about. It's not like watching a TV through the open window, it's like getting a remote control and hijacking that TV to change the channel to whatever you want to watch, and even turning it on when you want to, not the owner.


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