[pct-l] PCT Hiker Register

[Brick Robbins]

Scans of trail registers are going to pose very little threat in the
way of privacy issues.

1)The text in scans is not going to be searchable, and in all reality
you probably couldn't OCR them

2)Trail names provide a high degree of anonymity

3)Even if you don't have an email account you already have a pretty
big electronic footprint on the internet and worrying about trail
register scans is being penny wise and pound foolish. Have a look at
https://safeshepherd.com/

All IMHO of course



On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:32 AM, Greg Hummel <bighummel at aol.com> wrote:
> Hm, if I came across a trail register in the forest, on public land, or in a Post Office, and freely available to anyone coming by, I don't think I would expect any comments I leave to be private in any shape, form or legality.
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> The old trail registers are in the PCTA's archives and I and many other old, ancient thru-hikers have been urging them to scan and post, or make available to the public. This same argument came up, one of privacy and we have argued as I have here, that these were recorded on public property, in a public arena, with free access to anyone. Where does the privacy issue come into this? Maybe a lawyer can explain it to me.
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> Greg Hummel
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> "I'm afraid of nothing and scared of everything"- GNH
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