Ubiquitous Surveillance

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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Re:Stopping Prisoner Rapes

[fishbowl]

>Prisoner rapes [yahoo.com] could be stopped

You don't get it, do you?

The fear of anal rape in prison is one of the
things that makes it undesirable.

The threat of anal rape in prison is one of the
main weapons in the war on drugs.

US Law is enforced, ultimately, by the threat of anal sex...