By: Heartless Libertarian

Heartless Libertarian — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:41:32 +0000

Not just the FBI...hackers can do it too. They can even use your cell phone camera. http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/98912.html http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/98881.html

By: Magus

Magus — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 14:16:18 +0000

On a side note, the “right to privacy” was not invented by the courts.
The “right to be let alone” is an ancient right long recognized in common law.
As far as my research has uncovered, the first use of the term “right to privacy” was about 117 years ago in The Right to Privacy, Warren and Brandeis, 4 Harvard L.R. 193 (1890)), but, the idea of a right of privacy goes back thousands of years.
Early invasions of privacy were treated as trespass, assault, or eavesdropping. People believed they had a right “to be let alone” long before the phrase “right to privacy” was coined.
As far as I know, the first use of the phrase “right to be let alone” by the USSC was in 1834. The U.S. Supreme Court stated that a “defendant asks nothing — wants nothing, but to be let alone until it can be shown that he has violated the rights of another.” Wheaton v. Peters, 33 U.S. 591, 634 (1834)
The “right to privacy” is an ancient concept, the term is what’s new (well, if you consider 117 years old new).

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