[ale] Slashdot article on UAV/satellite surveillance

[Jim Popovitch]

2008/4/16 Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>:
> flip-flop paint on the upper surfaces of the car.
>
> meet people under bridges and change cars with them
>
> swap "customer loyalty cards" with friends to thwart tracking of purchases
>
> cash transactions
>
> portable EMP cannon for the UAV's
>
> shotgun for the hardened ones :-)
>
> IR lasers for the highway cameras
>
> fiber-seeking backhoe for the connections between cameras
>
> We have lost our rights and are now just "points of interest" to be tracked,
> classified and cataloged. All of this stuff has been happening under our
> noses for the past 10-15 years and those of us raising a fuss about were
> called nuts, paranoid, crazy or worse. I fear that some people having view
> "Minority Report" see that society as a goal. There are hints cropping up of
> attempts to prosecute individuals for offenses not yet committed.
> "Conspiracy" is soon to be the most heinous of crimes.
>
> On a good day my paranoia is hovering only slightly below raging mad. On a
> bad day...

I saw a great bumper sticker today, over by GA Tech, it read:
"Legalize Freedom".

-Jim P.