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Ubiquitous Surveillance

Posted by michael on from the panopticon dept.

lightray writes: "The New York Times is running an article titled A Cautionary Tale for a New Age of Surveillance which gives an alarming view of America's possible future -- and Britain's present." Excellent article, just excellent. (The author has also written a good book on privacy recently.) "And rather than thwarting serious crime, the cameras are being used to enforce social conformity in ways that Americans may prefer to avoid."

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  1. Hah! I will prevail! by 11thangel · · Score: 5, Funny

    I stay indoors in a dark room while coding so often that the cameras will never find me! What is this outside world you speak of, I know nothing beyond cubeland and break-room.

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  2. cameras in love? by jesser · · Score: 3, Funny

    ''We have created a biometric network platform that turns every camera into a Web browser submitting images to a database in Washington, querying for matches,''

    I hope they didn't mean that literally. I'd hate to think what would happen if the camera saw a pop-under ad for the X10 spycam.

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