> > My first reaction to privacy issues is, "well, why are you so worried about the government knowing where you're going?" But I suppose that information could be tampered with by bad people, or by big brother. The only invasion of privacy I've heard of is by parents, who check to see if their kids are *really* just sleeping over at a friend's house, or if they took the toll road down to the city to party.
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> ...which is less "invasion of privacy" as "responsible parenting."

You don't think it's invasive for parents to be using government toll records to find out what their children -- who must be at least 16 if they're driving -- are doing?

It seems to me that part of "responsible parenting" is at some point trusting your children. It means allowing them to grow up and to have their own lives that are not monitored at all times by their parents.

If by the time you children are driving you feel the need to ask the state government where they were last weekend, you've already screwed up big time.

Stephen