On 18April2014Friday, at 10:01, Juan wrote:
On Thu, 17 Apr 2014 22:09:36 -0400 dan@geer.org wrote:
| | It may be possible, in the not-so-distant-future, to record | people in ultra high definition from a mile away, but the | 'technology' can be rendered rather useless with somthing | like...this | | http://ramitia.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/japan-face-masks.jpg |
At this time, it is possible to do facial recognition at 500 meters, iris recognition at 50 meters, and heartbeat recognition at 5 meters.
[ dans plausable near future description elided]
But you know all that, paper hospital masks notwithstanding.
Well, the scenario you paint is scary and looks a bit like science fiction. On one hand I do get your point. On the other hand I can't help but mention again that your iris-recognition-from-orbit can be defeated with $5 contact lenses. Other 'technologies' can certainly be more intrusive.
you mean like these guys? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Contact_Lens
The Smart Meter soon to be imposed
by SoCalEd & PGE in California...
Cars are soon to be mandated to implement
Japan is clearly headed in that direction...
Mandated by?...by jesus...or by the american government, which amounts to the same thing.
Anyway, all this is of course a political problem and so it requires a political solution.
Actually, its an economics problem...
--dan