Big Brother Gets a Brain

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."

Comments

True Goals

[Jonsey]

It's like Newtonian Physics to them.

They just want to know where we are, and what we're doing at all times, so that they can extrapolate what we will do next, and thus know the future.

I mean, it's not like this raises privacy concerns or anything

Mod Note: Funny, Insightful, Interesting... g'luck, I think it's all just measuring our cycnicism right now : )

Re:I knew it.

[Lord_Slepnir]

making them ideal for tracking via camera at lengthy distances.

Of course! It's not like they could be more reflective to make them easier to track via eye or anything. It MUST be big brother, right? Right?

If it bothers you that much, you can cover it up with some left over tin foil from your hat.

Tracking

[Dark Lord Seth]

'track everything that moves.'

Operator: Incoming segway! Incoming segway! Bearing 305 mark 5, heading 252 mark 8!
Commander: Sweet mother! IFF signal!?
Operator: Unknown, sir!
Commander: Damn it! Any units ready!?
Operator: Negative, fifth armour is stuck in a traffic jam at Main street!
Commander: Damn it all to hell! Get me NORAD on the line, someone inform the president!
Operator: Visual confirmation coming in by TrackSat2 Delta... NORAD will be notified, unable to notify the president sir!
Commander: Explain yourself!
Operator: The president is driving that segway, sir!
Commander: By all that's unholy...

Heisenberg

[worst_name_ever]

They just want to know where we are, and what we're doing at all times

Too bad for them, though, that keeping tabs on my position will cause them to lose track of my velocity...