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The Future of Survelliance

Posted August 06, 2007 8:19 AM by Steve Melito

The Big Apple is the first major city in the U.S. to follow Britain's lead to closely monitor the actions of its driving citizens. The Lower Manhattan Security Initiative, successfully tested in Los Angeles, is to be implemented by 2008. Using surveillance technology that includes character recognition, wireless cameras will track individuals and read thousands of license plates per night in key locations across the city. The surveillance data is designed to provide statistics to law enforcement officials (when suspect vehicles are identified), who may then make arrests. The entire plan will cost an estimated $90 million, including $8 million to run it the first year.

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08/06/2007 6:56 PM

How long before we have to have chips implanting because the cameras and labor cost get to expensive. Scanners would be less expensivve to track people.

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Re: The Future of Survelliance

08/10/2007 1:56 PM

It's been around for years, according to resources I have read. Choosing the best power source and shielding is a bit tricky, though, isn't it.

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08/14/2007 10:26 PM

CCTV has been around for ages. New low-cost storage devices made real-time documentation possible. This will slowly change current attitude towards methodology of criminal evidence viability and acceptance.

The most intriguing technology of the lot is "Dynamic Facial Recognition" which German software developers pioneered and excel in current and future development (- where credit is due).

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Re: The Future of Surveillance

08/19/2007 10:29 PM

Just yesterday, all-hell broke loose, when it was published that a new legislative bill is in motion, to allow for police, the access to automated communication records without court order, here in Israel.

The league for civil rights said, such bill would never be approved in the US.

Would it?

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Re: The Future of Survelliance

08/21/2007 2:59 AM

You ain't seen nothing yet. Cameras placed on the major UK roads can trace a vehicle from Cornwall (far S.W. of the U.K.) to John O'Groats (far N of Scotland). I wonder who watches the watchers?

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Re: The Future of Survelliance

08/21/2007 11:58 AM

We don't require oversight!

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Re: The Future of Survelliance

08/21/2007 12:01 PM

It's in your ECU! How efficient!

We are attracting the watchers!

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