Tampa using cameras to scan for wanted faces--
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Mon Jul 2 19:52:09 PDT 2001
Got a cite? Sounds amusing.
-Declan
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 09:26:12PM -0400, George at Orwellian.Org wrote:
> Someone is Usenet wants to hassle the cameras
> with paintball guns.
>
> ----
>
> http://www.baynews9.com/newsstory.asp?storyname=2001/June/30/ybor
> #
> # Orwell wrote 1984 warning for Britain. It is truly spooky how close he
> # was to the truth, though a bit late in the time frame.
> #
> # No one expected it to apply, too, to America. Yet, here it is. It is
> # far more sinister than people realize. As one reader already mentioned
> # in one thread: " this can readily be used for people carrying guns."
> # That, and the identification of members of the NRA, JPFO, GOA, North
> # Caucus, CCOPS, RKBA, and instant notification of the street cop in the
> # vicinity, and we have a far more THOROUGH Tyranny than even the North
> # Caucus envisioned when it began warning the people and government some
> # years ago.
> #
> # Our question, this time: "how accurate are paint guns? Seriously.
> # Could a
> # good shot peg these cameras from the street below?" We have similar
> # cameras
> # in a towns in Georgia, watching traffic for people running stop
> # lights. How long before those cameras are silently hooked into this
> # network for face recognition?
> #
> # It's time for civil disobedience.
> # 1) Arm yourselves in anticipation of a governmental advance on your
> # firearms.
> # 2) Get paint gun specialists to try these cameras.
> # 3) WARN the governments, local, state and national, that we won't stay
> # put
> # for such tyranny as they envision.
> # Our warning:
> # http://www.geocities.com/north_caucus
> [ an extremely alarmed over gun rights site ]
> #
> # Ben Waldo
> # North Caucus of America
> # Florida Section
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