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Re: [silk] No Hiding Place | 1984 in 2001

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Eugene Leitl wrote: [ on 09:46 AM 4/17/01 +0200 ]

Brin be damned, it's clear that ubiquitous video surveillance coupled with
biometrics and data warehousing is a tool way too powerful, and bound to
be abused eventually, possibly with terrible consequences.

But that is precisely what Brin also warned about, as one of the two possible scenarios that *will* happen as a result of ubiquitous surveillance tech. See http://crit.org/openness/

Udhay

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