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Microsoft, NYC Marketing Vast Surveillance System To Other Cities

Posted by timothy on from the they're-so-very-scrupulous-you-needn't-worry dept.

Presto Vivace writes with this snippet from the New York Times: "'In the six months since the Domain Awareness System was unveiled, officials of Microsoft, which designed the system with the New York Police Department, said they have been surprised by the response and are actively negotiating with a number of prospective buyers, whom Microsoft declined to identify.' Don't want this in your city? You might want to let your local leadership know how you feel."

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  1. Re:mission creepy by bobstreo · · Score: -1, Troll

    it has figured in a number of investigative coups that went beyond the systemâ(TM)s original purpose of counterterrorism in Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11 attack

    They aren't even pretending it's just anti-terrorism.

    it was developed by cops for cops

    I'm sure it doesn't track every movement of every person in New York and store it in a database indefinitely. That will be version 2.0.

    Nah it doesn't track white people yet.