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If your neighbor took it upon himself to track your movements, record who you interact with, mine your personal communications, etc, etc, he would be prosecuted for stalking.

I can legally track my neighbors movements and record who they interact with in public. I can't mine their personal communications, but none of that is stalking in the few states I checked. Legal terms have specific meanings and stalking is one of them. On top of that. I have asked my phone company to track my phone. They have to in order to provide me service. So, not even close to stalking.

some bedtime reading for you, anon

http://victimsofcrime.org/our-...

Who are you trying to argue with or convince here? Exactly where did I say I was a proponent of this scheme?

If you read it, I never did. Probably because I wasn't accusing you of anything, it was just a point to get into the conversation.

Don't assume everyone is arguing with you personally.

Besides, I'm pretty sure there are some laws against stalking a person with a camera in public.

And that is the comment I've been waiting for. Stalking. The idea of the Orange County School District hiring a minister of Rightthink to "protect" the students and staff is stalking pure and simple.

Now if there is some kid who's threatening to cause mayhem, I have no problem with other's reporting it. But the idea that everyone gets stalked is messy beyond belief. Now someone with life altering powers is making judgement calls on silly things teenagers say. And since safety culture errs on the side of caution, simple statements become possible suicidal tendencies. Wit all the attendant issues that then come up. The medicate the shit out of kids approach, the psych record that will follow them everywhere.

In the end, this will just force the kids underground, because actually conversing openly and honestly might get you in trouble with the man.

Who are you trying to argue with or convince here? Exactly where did I say I was a proponent of this scheme?

I'm not condoning either Facebook, the software in question, or the actions of the school board here. I'm explaining how services like Facebook operate - nothing more.

Besides, I'm pretty sure there are some laws against stalking a person with a camera in public.

Stalking Laws: https://www.victimsofcrime.org...

It's obvious that few people on this forum even care about the victim in the article.
Just a refresher: Stalking is a crime.
So perhaps this woman needs to carry a gun now to keep her safe from the idiots who are (pun intended) up in arms over this silly device?

If you support this device or not: it is wrong to intimidate, threaten and/or stalk someone.

Well, lets see.

The first stalking law was passed in 1990.

http://www.victimsofcrime.org/... pg 10

EVERY stalking law has some phrase saying that the stalker has to terrorize the stalkee.

Walking around on public property is not terrorizing. Even if you're watching one person all the time.

Public property is ... wait for it ... open to the public.

Not federally.

FTFY