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| Thread ID: 78270 | 2007-04-09 23:25:00 | Sleepwalking into a surveillance society | jermsie (6820) | PC World Chat |
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| 539547 | 2007-04-09 23:25:00 | Take a look at this article www.stuff.co.nz Privacy. What do you think about the article and your privacy these days, and where we're headed? Personally, I find it disturbing. Criminals will get smarter.. crimes will still be committed. |
jermsie (6820) | ||
| 539548 | 2007-04-10 00:03:00 | That is as nothing yet here, as compared to the loss of liberty being experienced in the US, (with the UK and Blair hanging on Bush's coat tails and coming a close second), under the guise of the war on terror, acts such as Patriot Acts 1 and 2 which cut across their Constitution and Amendments to the Bill of Rights. If only half or a quarter of what Alex Jones says is correct, then we are all heading rather quickly into Orwell's 1984 :) video.google.com http://www.jonesreport.com/ http://infowars.net/ http://www.infowars.com/ http://www.prisonplanet.com/ |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 539549 | 2007-04-10 04:48:00 | Its already beginning.. Driven down the northwestern motorway, or over the harbor bridge lately? Then you no doubt will have seen the 30+ Cameras all capturing your smiling face! See: en.wikipedia.org The first pic on the right is the sorta camera you'll be looking out for. Seriously, they're all over the show, even in the middle of traffic lights out-side the KFC / National bank in New Lynn, nowhere near the motorway! What bugs me is half the time they're pointed towards the National Bank offices. Same goes for the ones on Taharoto Road lights outside the Caltex station, usually its pointed in the direction of the Telstra-side of the building?! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 539550 | 2007-04-10 05:01:00 | nothing to new, harbour bridge has had camaras for ages, certain streets/shopping aeras have had cameras even in small towns. then theres cammeras in stores hidden and non hidden. the only thing i have a problem with is how the footage gets used. eg its a great tool for marketing and planning in a shopping mall. or does that footage of you walking home drunk end up splattered around the net ? |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 539551 | 2007-04-10 05:09:00 | Well China and other dodgy countries have the oppresive reigimes already. Partner that with CCTV cameras and Orwell's 1984 will be a reality. | somebody (208) | ||
| 539552 | 2007-04-10 06:24:00 | I became interested in this subject after reading Dan Brown's Digital Fortress, which was based largely on fact. Names the super-computers used and Skipjack code which the NSA installed a back-door on, which attracted media attention. I did some research on the NSA too.. very interesting indeed. After reading an interview with Dan Brown about his book, i came across this: Q: How should we prepare ourselves for the end of privacy? A: The important thing for us to do is to ensure that the death of privacy is bilateral--that is, that while snoopers know more about us, we know more about them. If a supermarket or clinic is selling our personal information, we should know to whom. If a web site plans to watch our every move, we should be warned before we enter the site. |
jermsie (6820) | ||
| 539553 | 2007-04-10 07:11:00 | Oh yeah, I know, they've had cameras for YEARS upon years... What I'd love to see is a detailed breakdown of the camera specifications... I get the feeling they're not just transmitting 640x480 B/W images (with no zoom functions)... Not terribly worried though, means they see me going to / from work every day.. So what?! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 539554 | 2007-04-10 07:20:00 | They appear to have colour, and good enough resolution to give good descriptions to the cars out looking for perpetrators (as long as there's someone in the camera room). :cool: Wear your balaclava when you're out in public, except that's illegal after dark). | Graham L (2) | ||
| 539555 | 2007-04-10 07:21:00 | Not terribly worried though, means they see me going to / from work every day.. So what?! Oh - all it means is that they'll see you going to/from a banned religious organisation, going to/from an anti-government protest... etc. etc... then you'll just find yourself in jail. Nothing major. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 539556 | 2007-04-10 07:29:00 | And in the Herald today online, an article about fingerprints being used to replace your Eftpos card. US first, Aussie 2nd.......we're all doomed. George Orwell was just a bit early......... | pctek (84) | ||
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