Is
Alexa or Google Home a violation of our right to privacy? According
to Joel Reidenberg, the director of the Center on Law and Information
Policy at Fordham Law School in NY, "So reasonable privacy
doesn't exist. Under the Fourth Amendment, if you have installed a
device that's listening and is transmitting to a third party, then
you've waived your privacy rights under the Electronic Communications
Privacy Act." Basically, if you have chosen to put a listening
device in your own home, anything you say there can and will be used
against you. So far, maybe you only have to worry if you commit an
obvious crime such as the Arkansas homicide mentioned yesterday, but
free speech hasn't exactly been so free lately, has it? With
political correctness, hate speech, and other “thought crimes”
being widely monitored these days, a few careless words can easily be
misconstrued and a person quickly condemned, with jobs lost over
inappropriate posts on social media or even from mere accusations
lacking any proof beyond hearsay.
As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.
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