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Anonymous asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 1 decade ago

Computer Tracking? Can all my data and every single activity be traced?

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So to tell you the story...I am 13. So at camp i met this kid who i became friends with. I haven't even spoken to him in 3 months and the camp counselors came to my area, and made us drive 30 minutes to a school, and told me that they have a program they want me to enroll in.

So we went and they locked me in a room with 2 counselors, then they told me all this stuff ... that I should stop talking to him, I should completely delete him from my phone and so on.

Then they take my phone, and go THROUGH EVERY LAST PART OF IT!!!!!!!

Isn't this illegal they shouldn't even be involved.!

I locked my phone while I was trying to get it back, and they were like "unlock it or we will take your phone and won't give it back, and you can't tell your dad!" And all that stuff!! Then right before they left, they threatened to call the police on me because of a kid I had not talked to in 3 months.

Can't i call the police on them, They had no right to do all of those things!

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They also told me that my phone, and my computer and email is being tracked by police. Can the police really do that? and see everything I do on this computer, or every converstion I have? Like for example : can they see that I am writing this?

Please answer

Update:

that is not funny, and really is out of place. If you don't have advice, don't answer

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  • 1 decade ago
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    They are just scaring you. The police is not checking your emails or listening in to your telephone conversations.

    One possibility is that the kid you met might be the child of someone under the witness protection program so they are doing it for his family's safety. It is also possible that the kids family might be under investigation or surveillance in which case they are doing it for your safety.

    However, you deserve an explanation if they will invade your privacy like that; and they owe you at least that much. Tell them that if they don't give you a good reason to stop communicating with the kid, you will tell your parents and/or go to the police. (You should tell your parents and the police anyway!)

    If they do stuff to your personal cellphone it is an invasion of your privacy, and by telling you to stop talking to someone they are infringing your right to free speech - these are very important civil liberties and they could be sued for that. They know this fact, and that is why they don't want your parents to find out. Don't be afraid of them because you haven't done anything wrong.

    While it is indeed possible for the government to monitor your activities and phone calls, it is the Federal government (FBI) who would do such things, and they would need a good reason to do so - because it is expensive and labor intensive to monitor someones communication.

    Most likely they are lying to you and I don't know why they are doing this but you deserve to know. Before you do anything, let your parents / the police know first. That way someone knows what is going on.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

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    You don't have to read all this, you can just skip to the end if you want to. :)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hey!

    I think these guys are full of crap. You have every single right to go to the police, what they are doing to you is harassment. As far as the phone thing goes, they have no right to take it away and they can't report you for anything because you did nothing wrong. But then again they could always gang up on you and tell a lie...but thats a different story.

    Technically speaking, the police CAN monitor your computer and cell activity, but I don't think that they currently are.

    Go to the cops straight away bro, and tell your folks!!

    Best of luck - Peter

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, and NO.

    Yes, every keystroke you make can be traced if someone installed a keylogger on your computer, which is easy to do, but if they did not have access I would not worry much about it.

    It sounds like YOU should call the police and report these people. They aren't the FBI, they shouldn't have any access to everything you are doing, ..

    They are just trying to scare you, show them they messed with the wrong person!

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    5 years ago

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    theyre dum!

    the police cannot do that

    unless they hav hacked u

    and if they did, u would have noticed

    if u hav proof that they did all that stuff to u, go to the regional police and file a complaint. if u dont, then theyre gonna be like NO SON we cant do anything

    Source(s): im assuming u live in canada? http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/notice/index.html?red...
  • 1 decade ago

    They are lying!! They are trying to invade your privacy. Don't believe them. They don't have a right!

  • DrDave
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    You betcha!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No, we can't see this.

    Go on ...

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