[laythea]

That's ridiculous. If a normal shopper walked into a store and had surveillance on him/her (I don't mean the normal security cameras here - I'm talking about in depth surveillance, the in-person equivalent of a website tracker), I am sure them same stores would go out of business fast.

The point here is that they do it just because the snooping is invisible. And that irks me.

[downandout]

You do know that most big stores use automated video analysis nowadays to optimize inventory placement, analyze in-store traffic flow, detect shoplifting, detect slip and falls, etc right? Some have begun using license plate readers at parking lot entrances. Oh and...they are completely within their rights to do it.....being a private business and all.

The point is, don't come on my property - physical or virtual - unless you don't have a problem with your behavior being observed while you're there.

[russdpale]

Just because its on your property does give you carte blanche to do anything you want to me. I dont see how this is a reasonable argument.

You cant tracke in your bathroom or changing stalls. You cant listen to my phone calls or ask me intimate personal details about where I have been without explicitly asking me.

[downandout]

Are you arguing that Facebook is watching you in your bathroom or listening to phone calls? To my knowledge, nobody in the physical or virtual world is doing either of these things.

[laythea]

My point, is that there is "observed" and there is "observed".