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Internet + Wireless Cameras = Homeland Security
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..."
it's only the dams and nuclear power plants and skyscrapers that they'll be watchin. laws always hurt the criminals and terrorists most and everyone knows, that the DMCA and the PATRIOT acts only and ONLY hurt and harrass the bad and evil. come on, the thought, that this freedom state could be turned into a police state is ridiculous. lawyers, policemen, marshalls, presidents and congressmen would never overuse their powers, they have not done in the past and certainly won't do in the future. some president that can govern a country via presidential orders bypassing the parliament? what the heck could be wrong with that, since the president was truthfully elected and has only the best interest of all us-americans in his mind. man, these "liberals" are sooo retarded. the *president* undermining democracy, pfffft! what a hoax.
THe rich and powerful would prefer not to come under the watchful eye of the camera. Also, the business lobbies want more cheap labor via illegal aliens. THese cameras could be used to halt the flow of illegal aliens.
This powerful interests will probably finance more anti-surveillance propaganda in order to kill such ideas.
I am all for it. I see this country as an asset that I own jointly with the other American citizens, and just like a person who owns a business with other partners, I want to protect my asset and keep it from being used by others who do not own (unless they are tourists or business investors who bring financial assets).
Importation of cheap illegal alien labor hurts many citizen/owners. Therefore it should be stopped. And cameras can help.
Flame away.
eat shiat and bark at the moon
That's ignorant.
Legally armed citizens DETER crime.
If you want to live like a sheep, move to England or Austrailia, they already do that.
One last parting thought. When you shoot a burglar and kill him, you know that *HE* won't be a repeat offender.
When some thug car jacker tries to jump in your car and you stick a 9mm Glock up his nostril and tell him "Get out of my car" you can be sure that he won't be jacking *YOUR* car and dragging your baby to death down the road by the seatbelt..
Just say no to cowards. I prefer to defend myself.
The police are only there to take a report AFTER the crime has been commited. You dial 911 the next time someone breaks into your home and see what happens.
I don't dial 911, I dial *1911*