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I wrote a little something four years ago for a roleplaying website. Doesn't take much creativity to see this is inevitable in a Patriot Act-enabled state. The NMS has long been denied to exist in the Corporate Confederacy. However > outside observers and analysts agree on how it functions: > > All citizens are monitored through the following means: > > -Facial recognition of video feed of CCTV cameras in public areas and of > private security cameras (all private security companies are required to > submit their feed to the government), identifying an individual's location, > patterns of movement, and clothing. > -Citizens are also monitored from the use of transit passes or identity > checkpoints, which also aides in establishing an individual's location or > their patterns of movement. > -Many cities within the Corporate Confederacy have multi-story/elevated > streets. In order to navigate these streets, many citizens buy GPS systems, > which inform drivers which streets have the fastest traffic flow, and > suggest the fastest routes possible. Unfortunately this information is > cross-correlated by using a database from the government. But not too many > drivers are complaining, happy to receive this "service." > -Cell phone GPS tracking. > -Purchasing patterns based upon credit card information. Citizens who make > cash purchases are also monitored and identified via face recognition > programs. > -Internet browsing habits, downloads, emails forum posts, etc. > -Conversation analysis by computer programs, which analyze the tone of how > certain words are said, and the frequency of some words are said. The > conversations monitored are typically from wiretapped telephone lines, but > may also included bugged residences or offices. > -Nonintrusive load monitoring, which monitors the devices plugged into a > power supply, enabling officials to determine activity within a home > without planting bugs or cameras, which could enable officials to determine > when it would be safe to secretly plants bugs or cameras. > -Random secret house searches, which result in the documentation of > belongings and appliances. > > All this data is cataloged in a database and cross-correlated with the > routines or actions with other possible terrorists or former terrorists. > For example redflags would be put up if a person spoke about the government > in a derisive tone, repeatedly visited websites which glorify terrorists, > went to meet with a suspected member of a terrorist group repeatedly, and > began to purchase large quantities of gasoline and fertilizer. Another > example would be that a person fingered by an informant as a terrorist > leader would be monitored, and so would individuals suspected of meeting > with that person. > > The NMS was not the result of a concerted project, but was created over > time as new tools were developed to combat terrorism and threats to public > safety, and as databases were slowly consolidated. The NMS is maintained by > an unknown and possibly secret government agency. > > Estimated Program Development Costs: $100-275 Billion > Estimated Maintenace Costs: $40 Billion per annum (for a country with more > than three and a half billion residents) On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 6:46 AM, John Young <[email protected]> wrote: > "Horizon: The defenders of anonymity on the internet" > > http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29032399 > > > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >
