GuerrillaXXI
10-16-2011, 11:56 AM
Automated surveillance is one of the most important ways in which technology is being used to destroy privacy and freedom (which are inseparable). Here's a story showing how camera networks are being developed with the intent of being able to track an individual's movement wherever he goes. Sure, it could be used to catch genuine criminals. It could also be used to help catch everyone from political dissidents to lone wolves attempting to resist a tyrannical government.
The development of this kind of surveillance infrastructure WILL destroy freedom forever if something isn't done to stop it. Although this story is from the UK, obviously the same technology will be used in the US, if that isn't already the case in some areas (like NYC).
I find this so disturbing that I can barely even laugh at the irony of the developer's name: James Orwell. Whether he's deliberately evil or just criminally shortsighted, I curse rotten bastards like him who enable the police state.
'Smart' CCTV could track rioters
23 August 2011
CCTV that can automatically monitor criminal behaviour and track suspects is being developed by UK scientists.
Researchers at Kingston University have created a system that uses artificial intelligence to recognise specific types of behaviour, such as someone holding a gun.
The technology is capable of following a person across multiple cameras.
Privacy campaigners warned that it might be used to target groups such as political protesters.
However, the developers insisted that their invention would allow police to focus on law breakers and erase images of innocent civilians. [And who says the police will always do the right thing? Have governments always left innocent people alone? :mad:]
The technology works by teaching a computer to recognise specific types of public behaviour, known as "trigger events".
"In riot situations, it could be people running - a crowd might converge in a certain place," said Dr James Orwell of Kingston University
"If somebody pulls out a gun, people tend to run in all sorts of directions. These movements can be detected."
When an event is triggered, the software collates video footage from before and after the incident to record a full history of the suspect's movements.
"If a window was smashed and shop looted in a town centre street, the technology would trace back to see who smashed the window and then retrace his steps to see when and where he entered the town centre.
"The technology would also trace where the man had gone after leaving the scene," said Dr Orwell. ...[see more at the link]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14629058
The development of this kind of surveillance infrastructure WILL destroy freedom forever if something isn't done to stop it. Although this story is from the UK, obviously the same technology will be used in the US, if that isn't already the case in some areas (like NYC).
I find this so disturbing that I can barely even laugh at the irony of the developer's name: James Orwell. Whether he's deliberately evil or just criminally shortsighted, I curse rotten bastards like him who enable the police state.
'Smart' CCTV could track rioters
23 August 2011
CCTV that can automatically monitor criminal behaviour and track suspects is being developed by UK scientists.
Researchers at Kingston University have created a system that uses artificial intelligence to recognise specific types of behaviour, such as someone holding a gun.
The technology is capable of following a person across multiple cameras.
Privacy campaigners warned that it might be used to target groups such as political protesters.
However, the developers insisted that their invention would allow police to focus on law breakers and erase images of innocent civilians. [And who says the police will always do the right thing? Have governments always left innocent people alone? :mad:]
The technology works by teaching a computer to recognise specific types of public behaviour, known as "trigger events".
"In riot situations, it could be people running - a crowd might converge in a certain place," said Dr James Orwell of Kingston University
"If somebody pulls out a gun, people tend to run in all sorts of directions. These movements can be detected."
When an event is triggered, the software collates video footage from before and after the incident to record a full history of the suspect's movements.
"If a window was smashed and shop looted in a town centre street, the technology would trace back to see who smashed the window and then retrace his steps to see when and where he entered the town centre.
"The technology would also trace where the man had gone after leaving the scene," said Dr Orwell. ...[see more at the link]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14629058