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   "Dave J."  wrote in message   
   news:unroq1pbdbsiccg6f8dvp4gce1rhdqc8nm@4ax.com...   
   > In MsgID within   
   > uk.current-events.terrorism, 'banana' wrote:   
   >   
   >>Of course they do! How many people do you think they'd have to employ to   
   >>keep track of every email that gets sent, and listen to every phone   
   >>call, for instance.   
   >   
   > They will not need people. That is what makes it scary. Until recently,   
   > the thing that prevented mass surveilance and correlation of the available   
   > data (be it audio video or straightforward digital records) has been that   
   > the data dwarfed affordable computing and manpower.   
      
   It's not scary.  I don't know why you think it's scary.  People drive   
   vehicles with strict regulations regarding where, how fast and when they can   
   be used.  People flaunt these rules.  The government then figures out a   
   relatively easy way of doing something perfectly legal (observing cars using   
   PUBLIC roads, on public land, paid for by the public), and puts it into   
   action.  I'd rather people be held accountable for how they use public   
   resources (roads, etc.) than listen to them and turn a blind eye to   
   everything they do on said public property, just because they don't like the   
   increased observation.  It's the same mentality behind the "make   
   speedcameras bright yellow" bullshit.  Simply don't speed, and the cameras   
   effectively disappear.   
      
   > Now that computer methodology (hardware and software) has caught up to the   
   > point at which video footage can be converted to a map of a person's   
   > motion and telelphone conversations may be automatically transcribed,   
   > there is no reason why our every action (and very nearly our every   
   > thought) should not be processed, recorded and analysed. There are many   
   > who would like this, and the preparation of the public (in the UK at   
   > least) has seriously begun.   
      
   If you're in PUBLIC, you have no right to PRIVACY.  That's why we have those   
   two words:  PUBLIC and PRIVATE.   
      
   If you're scared of people knowing what you do in public, then maybe you   
   should live in some sort of institution away from the scary scary   
   authorities spying on your thoughts. ;)   
      
   > Dave J.   
      
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