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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