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At Canadian Airports, Your Conversation May Be Remotely Recorded

Posted by timothy on from the perfecting-recipe-for-boiled-frog dept.

New Jazari writes "Careful what you say when traveling, since the authorities will soon be able to zoom in on your conversations and record them for an indefinite amount of time. The story is about Canada, but I see no reason to think that this capability will not soon be installed in most places (if it's not already)."

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  1. This will surely stop terrorists by Froeschle · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel safer already!

  2. Re:Oh wow. by zero.kalvin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doesn't matter. My conversation would be about pictures you see in 4chan and poop. I bet you if enough people do that, they will stop recording...

  3. Re:Oh wow. by baegucb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just hack, re-purpose, and sprinkle stuff like these around: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/8c52/

    Can I get a percentage of sales?

  4. Re:Oh wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >> somebody could have listened to us

    Squirrels are clearly plotting the overthrow of humankind. Please be more careful with your conversations.

  5. Re:Oh wow. by Mindcontrolled · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's the thing - anyone listening to it won't be a human, but a program, at least in the long run. And when you drive that completely insane, well, that way lies Skynet. Ever wondered why our robotic overlords would want to exterminate us? Here's the reason...

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