Britain leads the surveillance societies
Monday, 26 December 2005 | 90 readers so far
Britain is to become the first country in the world where the movements of all vehicles on the roads are recorded. A new national surveillance system will hold the records for at least two years.
Using a network of cameras that can automatically read every passing number plate, the plan is to build a huge database of vehicle movements so that the police and security services can analyse any journey a driver has made over several years.
Have you ever heard the term TMI? Too much information? Well, government officials in Britian are going to have WAY too much information. And it is going to be abused, misused and generally taken advantage of, because government officials are petty and human just like the rest of us. I don’t think government officials need two years worth of your movement records on file. I would have to work to circumvent this system if I were British. I would imagine that a new market for tracking circumvention electronics will soon be thriving in Britian.
But don’t listen to me, listen to noted security expert Bruce Schneier.
1 December 27th, 2005 at 4:37 pm
Kitanis says:
Trevor.
There is more and more evidence that the US is doing it too.. They are just not vocal about it.
You should see how fast a Walmart Security Camera recording can be obtained by law enforcement for a scuffle in a parking lot
2 December 28th, 2005 at 11:54 pm
Dan Cameron Rodill says:
Conundrum: How do you maintain national security and civil liberties without compromising one or the other—except by quoting Ben Franklin?
dcr (From Vietnam to Iraq, Now It Can Be Blogged[?]
3 December 30th, 2005 at 2:09 pm
Barry says:
The cameras are primarily related to interior issues. National security is primarily controlled at the borders and points of entry.
Civil disorder has developed over one generation, since God was removed from our educational system. Civil liberties can resume when we again respect and follow the rules established by the GREAT SOVEREIGN of the universe.
Or, we can continue using band-aids until they don’t help anymore.