But, see, this is the problem--what's okay for them ain't okay for
you and me. Case in point: Cops in many jurisdictions are now wearing
mics on traffic stops. Some are wearing cameras, in addition to the
dash-mounted cams. Guy in MA, I believe it was, audio-recorded the
cops stopping him and brought it up in court to support his
contention that he was harassed. Result? He was convicted of
illegally recording the cops. Last I heard, the officers were also
considering civil suits.
Go figure.
jm
On 1 Feb 2001, at 22:53, Spike Jones wrote:
as these kinds of technologies develop,
> it becomes ever more important to keep governments under
> control. Video the cops, watch carefully for whom you vote.
> > On Thu, 1 Feb 2001, Spike Jones wrote:
> >
> > > Coooool! Lets see if we can figure out how to defeat it. {8-] spike
> > >
> > xgl wrote: hmm ... football game right? ... face painting?
>
> Thats a start. Something as simple as dark sunglasses would
> be better. Those who say the software cannot be fooled by
> dark sunglasses, well, I beg to differ. Whatever face recognition
> software that is in our own brains is somewhat thrown off by
> sunglasses. The old Groucho Marx glasses/nose combination
> should do the trick. Failing that, some kind of pliable silly putty
> substance that can be stuck to the cheeks should throw off the
> imager. Pick an example from the silly walks department, and
> there ya have it.
>
> Im not too worried about giving the government too much power
> until they try to pass a law that it is illegal to go around walking
> silly and wearing Groucho glasses. This is the important point,
> my friends, please note: as these kinds of technologies develop,
> it becomes ever more important to keep governments under
> control. Video the cops, watch carefully for whom you vote.
> This is exactly what has caused me to go pi radians on transparency
> issues: technology develops more quickly than peoples attitudes
> change. spike
>
>
>
John Marlow
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