The Observation Deck

Jim O'Bryan wrote:

Since that time we have found out through many sources, that it can track faces, cars, vehicles,
people walking or riding bikes, as they travel through the city, the county, the state and the country.

Virtual tracking an compiling both routes, times, connections, patterns and such on everyone. From there when tied in with other resources they are able to build a pretty deep file on even the most honest and law abiding people in the world.

Apparently the traffic cameras can see everything but an RTA bus striking a pedestrian.

One person with some familiarity with NSA and the Surveillance State made the point that your rights are not really violated when a computer system tracks billions of phone numbers or when a camera system records what it "sees". Rights are only violated when a person views the information without proper legal authority.

I suppose he had a point. However, we see how government uses the IRS, EPA the BTF and other agencies target and suppress political opponents. The real danger is the silence of the political class, the people and the media when those abuses and illegalities become notorious. We have reached that point at the national level.

The only real solution is to punish those in the bureaucracy who abuse those powers and to punish them with stiff fines and prison sentences. A good start would be the top 1,000 people at the IRS.

Don't hold your breath. The bureaucracy takes care of its own. The political class in Washington has attained Nirvana. Immune from law, immune from consequences, immune from morality and common decency, free to loot the nation of its treasure and freedom.

I suppose on the local level those abuses will be slight, at least at first. Of course one is left to wonder why all those cameras can't find those responsible for the current round of car thefts and armed robberies taking place in Lakewood. I guess its easier to go after the guy who puts the aluminum can in the newspaper recycling container.

http://reason.com/blog/2013/08/14/of-co ... ower-to-ta

Remember when some of us worried about Big Brother with the lights at intersections?

You answered...

Kevin Butler wrote:The purpose for these devices, which don't record anything, is to sense when traffic is waiting at lights. These will be "smarter" traffic signals that keep cars at Clifton intersections from idling as much, a nod to the federal air-quality money that is funding the new signals project.

These devices are not designed to, and cannot, catch anyone.

Kevin

Then we found out they have nothing to do with traffic or air quality. And they were the same
model is used all over London that does facial recognition, license tracking etc.

And we were assured we are just conspiracy nut bags?

Psssssssssssssst, you might want to read this.

Homeland Security is seeking a national license plate tracking system
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/homeland-security-is-seeking-a-national-license-plate-tracking-system/2014/02/18/56474ae8-9816-11e3-9616-d367fa6ea99b_story.html

Yep, conspiracy nut bags 1, law director 0


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