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Internet + Wireless Cameras = Homeland Security

Posted by michael on from the million-monkeys dept.

NumberField writes "According to an article by Steven Levy posted on MSNBC, Jay Walker of PriceLine fame is talking about a system he calls US HomeGuard. His plan is to hire large numbers of unsophisticated users to monitor Internet-connected security cameras looking for suspicious activity. Although many security details (i.e., DOS attacks, cryptography, privacy) need to be handled carefully, it's a weird enough idea that it might actually work..."

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  1. Big brother is finally here. by ollie_ob · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This sounds a bit like online vigilantism. I'd rather not have Joe Blog watching me step out of my house...

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  2. Re:Sigh.. by hesiod · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    > Privacy is a right

    No it isn't. Cite the part of the constitution that says "We have the right to privacy wherever we go." Hell, find the one that even says we have any right to privacy in our own home.

  3. Re:insightful by inajar · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Go ahead and delude yourself into your own conclusion to this question. The correct conclusion stands dependent on its own merits.


    Yeah, thanks AC.