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Surveillance in Washington DC And At Bookstores

Posted by timothy on from the we-have-no-choice-but-to-accept dept.

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.

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  1. Living in Britain by Tribbles · · Score: 5, Interesting
    As I live in Britain, I'm not worried at all by all the cameras that we have here. It doesn't bother me that I can be seen going from A to B to C - the only thing I'd like to know is why someone would want to know where I've been ;-)


    We've had a number of high profile cases where surveillance cameras have been instrumental in solving crimes, and I really don't have a problem with that - in fact, I'm pretty pleased with the results.

  2. Goodbye American Rights... by UTPinky · · Score: 5, Interesting

    When they took the 4th Amendment away
    I was quiet because I didn't deal in drugs...
    When they took the 6th Amendment away
    I was quiet because I had never been arrested...
    When they took the 2nd Amendment away
    I was quiet because I didn't own a gun...
    Now they have taken the 1st Amendment away
    and all I can do is be quiet...

    --
    I'm only paranoid because everyone is against me...