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Surveillance in Washington DC And At Bookstores
dioscaido writes: "From reuters: 'Washington police are building what will be the nation's biggest network of surveillance cameras to monitor shopping areas, streets, monuments and other public places in the U.S. capital, a move that worries civil liberties groups, The Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday.'" Aragorn_2002 writes "I found this new article on Salon.com about how feds are subpoenaing book-purchasing records. Just imaging if they start to use DMCA and the new Anti-terrorist bill to subpoena someone buying books on breaking encryption." If you've ever ordered from Amazon, this might concern you. Update: 02/13 21:30 GMT by M : The full WSJ article is available on MSNBC.
J. Ashcroft
United States Attorney General and Executioner at Large
According to amazon.com readers, at least. "The Construction and Operation of Clandestine Drug Laboratories" by Jack B. Nimble got 4 1/2 stars, while "Advanced Techniques of Clandestine Psychedelic & Amphetamine Manufacture" by Uncle Fester got 3 stars.
Now that you have read this post, the highly sensitive combination of those two book names has gone into your computer. This fact has been duly recorded by Carnivore.
Of course if you buy the book, you will instantly set off a red flag in the FBI's new book purchase surveilance system.
I Heart Sorting Networks
Silly fool!
Military History means you are studying how to manage a military overthrow of the New Imperium with your elite militia.
Computer books means you are a terrorist hacker determining the best way to sabotage our economic infrastructure - or worse.
Cars... hmm, buying a car makes you a flight risk so they can hold you without bail. Buying books about cars means you are either a professional auto thief reading articles to find the best way to steal a vehicle, or you are a drug dealer identifying the best vehicle for smuggling in urban areas.
I have to give you a failing grade in Paranoia 101.
You either believe in rational thought or you don't
Soon, the government will have a record of all the books we've bought, and when the time comes, their firemen will come and torch our houses for owning them.
;-)
And this is wrong why?
Warmest regards,
Guy Montag
Eve Fairbanks says I drive a hybrid!LOL
I live in Washington. The cameras are here to protect us. You must love and obey the cameras.
So, under FOIA the content of the tapes of all these cameras is public property right? That' will be very useful to future in-the-beltway memoirs-writers.
Travis
Still got Amazon.com gift certificates you haven't taken advantage of yet? Why, here's an opportunity to protest this invasion of your privacy and even acquire some interesting midnight reading to boot. Choose from among these exciting titles:
Remember to support your local bookstores.
Disclaimer: US government lackeys tend to be humorless, so I'll make it clear now that I've not read any of these books. I love America more than sliced bread itself. Yeah! Nuke their ass! Take their gas! GOD BLESS AMERICA! Wooo!
This may have already been mentioned, and is a bit off topic but:
... It really very funny stuff.
Does anyone remember the Simpsons where you see the feds monitoring book buying habits?
Ok mod me off topic now I feel better.
man
No manual entry for
ohh, the irony...:-)
what the heck where they thinking???
photo of orwell plaza surveillance
Speaking of profit -- anybody want to trade grocery store "loyalty" cards???
I've got one that I used when I purchased a whole chicken, a can of spray whipped cream, and a box of condoms.
Profile that PriceChopper!!!!!!