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Spysats Keeping Watch on the U.S.
Anonymous And Slightly Nervous Coward writes "USA Today is carrying an AP story that claims three years' worth of domestic satellite surveillance courtesy of a DoD agecy called the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Their work includes getting cooperation from entities pointing cameras onto private property such as hotels (all you HOPE and Defcon attendees, please wave for the camera). The agency seems to be taking the aw-shucks line on what they know and to what extent they evaluate the data they get, but it's clear that their mandate is seriously overpowering the oversight structures that would normally be watching it."
Weird... first 3 times I tried to load this story, I saw
"Nothing for you to see here. Please move along."
with no story.
Conspiracy? I think so.
when I put tinfoil all over the roof of my house... but who's laughing now?
"But who's laughing now?"
The Alcoa Corporation, makers of Reynolds Wrap.
This is basically The Sims for the NSA.
Next thing you know you'll feel compelled to take a swim, only later you'll notice the ladder has been removed...
But they spam my browser too!
If they want to watch me run around in my underwear so be it, I however, am not responsible for any cost incurred for couseling or psychiatric care :)
when in doubt press enter and we'll figure it out later..
It's those evil smokers that they're after!
A fine is a tax you pay for doing wrong and a tax is a fine you pay for doing all right.
Repeat after me: "You have no right to privacy in public." (especially when you are outdoors)
And especially if you're an attractive woman that likes to leave her curtains open.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
"What I want to know is what we are doing to stop them from continuing their infiltration into our personal lives that we live behind closed door"... Haven't you lined the inside of your roof with tinfoil or lead yet? It works great on those thought sensors the Sattelites have now. The lining will also stop the mind-control rays the aliens are using to get you to buy the things you see on the Home Shopping Network. I haven't bought a thing from HSN or had any visitors from three letter Government agencies in a long time.
What I want to know is what we are doing to stop them from continuing their infiltration into our personal lives that we live behind closed doors.
There are major chains of stores operating under names such as "Home Depot" and "Lowes" that carry state-of-the-art camera blocking devices such as roofing tiles and window shades...
I have a EULA (End User License Agreement) specifically forbidding the use of any image(s) of me being used for commercial or government use taped to the top of my tin-foil hat.
What I want to know is what we are doing to stop them from continuing their infiltration into our personal lives that we live behind closed doors.
:)
Something tells me it's not voting republican
(disclaimer: joke about marriage amendment... not trying troll)
For instance, the agency has modified basic maps of the nation's capital to highlight the location of hospitals, linking them to data on the number of beds or the burn unit in each
Obviously my mad Photoshop and HTML image map skillz are needed by our government. Later, RazorFish!
> Then take a live video feed from a known point (or multiple points) and you can accurately transpose any movement onto a 3-d model for accurate viewing at any angle. Sort of like that fake first down line they have on football.
> Multiply it by every camera at every hotel, etc, instantly accessable by unique URL and you have an "Enemy of the State" scenario actually becoming possible. That's the road this stuff is all headed. I think it will be wonderful for security and marketing but I don't really see any useful characteristics for the common man, besides navigation. I could be wrong however.
You typed the word "navigation". Was that some sort of newfangled abbreviation or typo for "best massively-multiplayer online first-person shooter evah?" :)
Uncle Sam loves Us and wants to keep Us safe. He wants to make sure you don't accidentally do or say something that hurts Us--for Our own good and for the good of The State. Praise be to Flag.
Haven't you lined the inside of your roof with tinfoil or lead yet?
I've done this of course, but I've gone one step further. When I heard about that Fluoride stuff the government puts in our water, I replaced all of my indoor plumbing with lead pipes to help counter the effects. Nothing's getting into MY mind!
Did you know that they don't even SELL lead pipes for home plumbing anymore? That's how bad this is people!
Looks like I'm going to need to put a wider brim on my tinfoil hat.
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Guess I'd better not take this up...
Although if Elizabeth Hurley wants to, that's OK by me.
Chip H.
Why is it that the proponents of "one nation under God" are so eager to get rid of "liberty and justice for all"?
Unfortunately, wearing roofing tiles and/or window shades is more than likely going to make you stand out in a crowd a bit more than normal. They also tend to pinch, kinda like wearing poorly made, or unpadded, armor.