Friday, March 9, 2007

O brave new world

Private police forces
They wear uniforms, carry weapons and drive lighted patrol cars on private
properties like banks and apartment complexes and in public areas like bus
stations and national monuments. Sometimes they operate as ordinary citizens and
can only make citizen's arrests, but in more and more states they're being
granted official police powers.


The Panopticon Singularity
Surveillance need not even stop at our skin; the ability to monitor our
speech and track our biological signs (for example: pulse, pupillary dilation,
or possibly hormone and neurotransmitter levels) may lead to attempts to monitor
thoughts as well as deeds.

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