In Brin's world, there would also be cameras in the DC police departments for us to watch the watchers. More:
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 08:17:19AM -0800, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > > [domestic surveillance, brinworld, big bro, pseudosecurity] > > NEW YORK (Reuters) - Washington police are building what will > be the nation's biggest network of surveillance cameras to monitor > shopping areas, streets, monuments and other public places in the > U.S. capital, a move that worries civil liberties groups, The Wall > Street Journal said on Wednesday. Public places, such as the White House and Congress? Hmmm... > The system would eventually include hundreds of cameras, linking > existing devices in Metro mass transit stations, public schools and > traffic intersections to new digital cameras mounted to watch over > neighborhoods and shopping districts, the Journal said. Oh, those places. Like where the (un-represented, poor) residents of DC live and work. > "In the context of Sept. 11, we have no choice but to accept greater > use of this technology," Stephen Gaffigan, the head of the police > department project, told the Journal. Huh? Can you spell non-sequitor? > He said city officials had studied the British surveillance system, > which has more than 2 million cameras throughout the country, and > were "intrigued by that model." > <snip> Intrigued by the fact that cameras have almost NEVER helped to solved crimes in Britain, in spite of their ubituity? -- Greg
