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Big Brother Gets a Brain

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-freak-out-about dept.

Gregus writes "The Village Voice delves into the DARPA's latest plan to track people and vehicle movement in cities, ostensibly for urban warfare, though this would be really handy watching 'suspicious' people in any city. "The goal, according to a recent Pentagon presentation to defense contractors, is to 'track everything that moves.' " The actual DARPA RFP and briefings. I just feel more safe all the time."

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  1. So what? by nxs212 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I live in a condo that's located in an "urban" environment and I wish cops had access to something like this already. We had at least 6 Nissan Maximas broken into and xenon headlights taken out. While the police cannot prevent something like this, at least they would be able to trace their movement throughout the city. At least 3 times they were the same people and even used the same car. I am sure they did a few passes through the complex and neighborhood development before they actually began their "work". If cops had access to this, they could have eyewitnesses ID the car and have an alarm pop up on their monitor when the samecar entered the city. I don't know about you, but I would sleep better.