Big Brother has arrived. I think this raises some very serious constitutional issues. This is getting ridiculous. Once one agency does this, and then another and another, pretty soon your entire day's movements are being tracked by the government everywhere you go.
WTF???
Spy Cameras Track Drivers in Fla. Town
MANALAPAN, Fla. -- New technology will soon track drivers who pass by the waterfront mansions of this ritzy oceanside town, checking their backgrounds to find wanted criminals and following up on those who are nearby when a crime occurs.
Cameras will snap pictures of drivers, their cars and their license plates and a computer will run the tag against a criminal database. If anything suspicious is found, a dispatcher can call police.
Still, the cameras are raising concerns about privacy because they follow the movements of innocent drivers, such as those going to the beach.
The technology "subjects every citizen and visitor to a state police check -- without probable cause or even any basis for suspicion," said Howard Simon, executive director of Florida's American Civil Liberties Union.
He said the cameras are another example of government agencies placing more public spaces under high-tech surveillance without enacting any laws to protect the privacy of law-abiding citizens or to ensure the accuracy of new technology.
WTF???
Spy Cameras Track Drivers in Fla. Town
MANALAPAN, Fla. -- New technology will soon track drivers who pass by the waterfront mansions of this ritzy oceanside town, checking their backgrounds to find wanted criminals and following up on those who are nearby when a crime occurs.
Cameras will snap pictures of drivers, their cars and their license plates and a computer will run the tag against a criminal database. If anything suspicious is found, a dispatcher can call police.
Still, the cameras are raising concerns about privacy because they follow the movements of innocent drivers, such as those going to the beach.
The technology "subjects every citizen and visitor to a state police check -- without probable cause or even any basis for suspicion," said Howard Simon, executive director of Florida's American Civil Liberties Union.
He said the cameras are another example of government agencies placing more public spaces under high-tech surveillance without enacting any laws to protect the privacy of law-abiding citizens or to ensure the accuracy of new technology.
for my next poker game....
damn!
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