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The Pentagon Wants a 'TiVo' to Watch You

Posted by Zonk on from the i-think-the-shulmans-are-particularly-funny-this-week dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Danger Room, a Wired blog, today cites a study of future electronic snooping technologies from Reuters, written by the Pentagon's Defense Science Board. More than anything, it seems these outside advisers want a surveillance system that would put Big Brother to shame, and they're looking at the commercial sector to provide it. 'The ability to record terabyte and larger databases will provide an omnipresent knowledge of the present and the past that can be used to rewind battle space observations in TiVo-like fashion and to run recorded time backwards to help identify and locate even low-level enemy forces. For example, after a car bomb detonates, one would have the ability to play high-resolution data backward in time to follows the vehicle back to the source, and then use that knowledge to focus collection and gain additional information by organizing and searching through archived data.'"

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  1. In the United States of America... by drewzhrodague · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the United States of America, government TV watches YOU!

    I'm sorry, I had to.

    --
    Zhrodague.net - I do projects and stuff too.
    1. Re:In the United States of America... by Ankou · · Score: 5, Funny

      You know let em do it. It will be nekkid time all the time in my house if they put one in. Nothing is more of a deterant than a hairy fat guy eating cheese nekkid on the couch. Hey Uncle Sam, hope ya like what you see, wink!

  2. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You watch TiVos

  3. A shame by Chairboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a shame, if they had chosen ReplayTV instead, they could automatically skip commercials.

  4. Re:Wouldn't It Be Easier Just To... by Hotawa+Hawk-eye · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, but think of the defense contractors that contribute heavily to both political parties! Won't someone think of the defense contractors?