Originally Posted by
Spiff
It's the very definition of extortion. Offering reduced harassment for cash + valuable personal information is a shakedown. Tony Soprano (RIP) would be proud.
The amusing part of this debate is that that in most real-life conversations I have about this sort of thing (domestic surveillance, etc.) I'm considered quite the civil liberties extremist! And yet it seems that we're about as far apart on this matter as two civilized people can be. I suppose it's all about context.