Turning a Blind Eye to Big Brother

SiliconRedox writes: "An article in the NYTimes (user reg.) details what many of us who have worked with video or electronics have known for quite awhile: Shine a laser beam (or infrared, but the article doesn't get into that) at a video camera, and you can effectively blind certain viewpoints of the camera. The article follows one man trying to cope with the surveillence society by removing his own image from everyday video footage using this technique. The most interesting part? What kind of culpability does the individual or institution have in utilizing this kind of technology?"

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Re:He has ethical problems w/doing this?

[gvonk]

Have it your way, but when you get run over by some guy with a few outstanding tickets don't come crying to me.

If the corrupt cop hadn't given him the tickets to help pad the budget of his podunk town, would he have been pissed off enough to run someone over? Perhaps not...