Lesson 10 Challenge

The mere fact that some cities and states are weighing laws regarding whether or not it is legal to film law enforcement officers tells volumes about the impact mobile technology has had on society. Many years ago the Supreme Court ruled that a person in public has no reasonable expectation of privacy. If you are walking down a sidewalk in broad daylight what you do cannot be construed as private. I think about this every time I hear a story about using a smartphone to film something that is being done IN PUBLIC. Filming it doesn't make it any more or less real, but oddly some people seem to believe it does. Someone was complaining recently because their elected official had "passed them off" to an aide. The person felt slighted and ignored. Do you really thing telling your legislator or congress member something gets things done quicker? The aides are the ones who get the work done. Smart technology may make reaching out to elected officials easier, but smart technology doesn't make the constituency any smarter.