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In recent years technology has blossom faster than ever previous in our nation and the world over. While it has proven useful to things like national defense, and medical science, its my fear that these tools will be turned against us.

One example is these nifty “recognition camera” systems deployed at major transportation areas. Places like airports, grand central station, etc. These cameras are able to scan the crowd and match the face to known terrorists.

Fantastic!! But if I know this, and you know this, does not the terrorist mastermind know this? Of course he does.

Yet you would be a fool to think that the government is going to let go to waste the billions of dollars in deployed technology. No, in fact I think its a fair assumption to believe they will lower the caliber of bad guy they seek. Perhaps add the facial data of some drug kingpins types, some murderers, arms traffickers and the like.

Before long that wont be enough…

One day you will be flying to your family’s emergency function and prior to boarding, be apprehended by police units. In the end, you will discover you owed on a parking ticket… Its not so far fetched.

In fact, the 2001 Super bowl game was completely scanned. Every person there was scanned as they went in the stadium, and matched against a database held by Washington.

How long before the technology is everyday common? Its at that point that the commercial industry will enter the fray, and records of our every movement will be available to the public for a price.

Scary.