-- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204/">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBMTO : N48 10'07'' E011 33'53'' http://www.lrz.de/~ui22204 57F9CFD3: ED90 0433 EB74 E4A9 537F CFF5 86E7 629B 57F9 CFD3 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 12:56:41 -0400 From: David Farber <dave@farber.net> Reply-To: farber@cis.upenn.edu To: ip-sub-1@majordomo.pobox.com Subject: IP: LITTLE BROTHER MAY BE WATCHING YOU (WITH X10 VIDEOCAMS): from newsscan daily

A company called X10 Wireless Technology is marketing its tiny color video cameras for their use in keeping an eye on your kids or even engaging in voyeuristic activity. One ad for the $79.99 device displays a bare-backed woman and the headline "Quit Spying on People! (we never told you to do that)." The technology uses radio frequencies for communication among devices within a 100-foot radius, and represents a development that one attorney says "is outstripping everything we once contemplated about privacy." X10 devices have been found planted secretly in such places as college shower rooms, attorneys' offices, and corporate meeting rooms. (San Jose Mercury News 10 Sep 2001) http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/027254.htm

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