begin quoting Lan Barnes as of Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 11:30:40AM -0700: > > On Fri, April 20, 2007 10:58 am, Neil Schneider wrote: > > [snip] > > Oceanside has CCTV cameras in nearly every public place in the city, > > especially their beaches. The film all public events in the city.
So, if you see a cute girls on the beach, you can go file a FOIA request and get a copy of the video? > I have read that Britian, land of the Magna Carta (and George Orwell), is > also the most survailled society in history, with street cams everywhere. Yup. If you like fiction, Charlie Stross gives that a twist in _The Atrocity Archives_... > Since the spy people brag that they can read license plates from space and > since drones over America seem to be the hot new security wet dream, > they'll soon (if not already) be able to track everyone through every day. This is why it's vitally important not to go outside. That, and the ozone hole. > Our children may never know the joys of outdoors nookie. Except the > exhibitionists among them :'-( ...who will be arrested for "indecent exposure". :-/ -- Horse-scarer. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
