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Date: April 27, 2007 7:57:24 PM PDT
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Subject: US/UK Turning Philip K. Dick's Worst Nightmares into
Political Realities
Lip Reading Surveillance Cameras To Stop Terror
Shouting, face scanning, eavesdropping, X-Ray firing and now lip
reading CCTV -- do you still feel free?
http://www.infowars.net/articles/april2007/270407lip_reading.htm
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
Friday, April 27, 2007
"Read my lips" used to be a figurative saying.
Now the British government is considering taking it literally --
by adding lip reading technology to some of its four million or so
surveillance cameras in order to identify terrorists and criminals
by watching what everyone says.
Electronic Design is reporting that the Home Office is interested
in a project being pursued by a senior lecturer in computer vision
at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England:
Computer-based lip-reading technology would help video surveillance
systems spot people planning a crime or terror attack by literally
watching suspects’ lips for clues. Once it finds someone speaking
certain key words or sentences, the system would automatically send
an alert message to a central console, mobile phone, or other
communications device. Police or security agents could then be
dispatched to the scene to question the individual.
Of course as with all these Big Brother surveillance moves it
cannot be selectively applied and everyone will be subjected to it.
The automatic devices bring to mind the heart-chilling scene in
"2001: A Space Odyssey" when HAL (the intelligent computer) tells
Dave that, despite all the precautions taken, he knows Dave was
planning to disconnect him because he can read lips.
Imagine a place where you cannot step out of your front door and
have a conversation with someone without it being monitored.
Imagine a place where if you say something considered by the
authorities to be suspicious, a team of agents is dispatched to
your location to detain and question you.
Does that sound like a free country?
We have previously reported on the various Big Brother gadgets that
the government wants to or already has added to surveillance
cameras in the UK. Here is a brief re-cap:
Talking / Shouting cameras - In an incredibly Orwellian move,
loudspeakers are being fitted to surveillance cameras throughout
major cities, allowing CCTV operators to bark commands at people
who drop litter, act in an aggressive manner or loiter. Some of
these cameras will even use the voices of children who will be
recruited from schools to take part in the scheme and will be shown
round CCTV operating rooms on school trips, learning how wonderful
the big brother state is and how forcing people to behave in a
certain way in public is the essence of a free society.
X-Ray firing cameras - Documents leaked from the Home Office have
revealed that the government is looking into using X-ray technology
cameras by concealing them in lamp posts to "trap terror suspects".
The cameras allow operators to see through people's clothes and
look for suspicious items.
Eavesdropping cameras - London police and councils are considering
monitoring our conversations in the street using high-powered
microphones attached to CCTV cameras that can pick up "aggressive
tones" on the basis of 12 factors, including decibel level, pitch
and the speed at which words are spoken.
Face scanning cameras - linked into a national database software
will allow cameras to scan hundreds of faces a second in crowds of
people.
Behaviour monitoring cameras - These devices are programmed to
sound an alarm when they spot suspicious behaviour, such as waiting
somewhere for a prolonged period of time or just walking in a
suspicious way. These have already been deployed in airports and
train stations.
Are we seriously supposed to believe that these devices are going
to stop terrorism?
Watching everyone all of the time and treating the entire
population as suspects is not going to weed out terrorists and
criminals. Nor is it an effective way of defending our freedoms
against those who we are told wish to attack us because we are free.
If the government were to implement every piece of technology they
are seriously considering to add to existing surveillance cameras,
we would literally be living in a society ten times worse than that
of Orwell's Airstrip One.
We continually have to make sure that does not happen by exposing
these things.
See what's free at AOL.com.
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