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Big Brother Will Be Watching You In Florida

Posted by timothy on from the remember-to-smile-and-wave dept.

An anonymous reader submits "The Florida Times Union is running a story about the city of Manalapan putting up cameras and an automatic optical recognition system to check the license plates of every car to drive through town. As usual the article spins the system as something positive to battle crime. Just one step close to Eric Arthur Blair's vision of 1984."

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  1. Eric Arthur Blair by UnassumingLocalGuy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For those of you who aren't savvy to the real name, Eric Arthur Blair is George Orwell's real name.

    more info

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  2. Driving is *privilege* not a *right* by earache · · Score: 0, Redundant

    People seem to misunderstand that.