[Smitty]

And in the meantime, while America is concerned with keeping up with the Kardashians...

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City buses across America increasingly have hidden microphones that track and record the conversations that take place on them. It's easy to see the reasoning behind this: once it's acceptable to video-record everything and everyone on a bus because some crime, somewhere was thus thwarted, then why not add audio? If all you need to justify an intrusion into privacy is to show that some bad thing, somewhere, can be so prevented, then why not? After all, "If you've got nothing to hide..."

http://boingboing.net/2012/12/13/city-bu...a-now.html

[Alpha Hunter Zero]

It seems like Big Brother has an excuse for everything.

[ColSpanker]

But at least you get entertainment!

[assman]

But it's all for our own good and safety, amiright?

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

[n0000]

These guys are the worst criminals ever. Who the hell risks murder charges white knighting for some fat ghetto chick?

[Cincinnatus]

I've also heard that cameras everywhere are being wired into a facial recognition network. It would be easy since anyone who has a government photo I.D. already has a detailed photograph in a database. Casinos already have such technology in place as a way to easily recognize known cheaters and those convicted of gambling-related crimes.

I wonder how often conversations are listened to. Routinely, hoping to pick up on something, or mostly when shit goes down?

[philly22]

How is that legal?

[Screwston]

Anyone seen Minority Report? I just hope yall are tubed into the underground so you know how to work around this shit when it gets worse...