Naomi Klein wrote a poignant article recently about the ways in which the global surveillance market is being propped up by the Beijing Olympics. Her article is entitled The Olympics: Unveiling Police State 2.0, and it details how the Beijing Olympics are being used as an excuse to sell high tech, police-grade surveillance equipment—security cameras, [...]
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Tagged: china, cisco, general electric, google, honeywell, naomi klein, olympics, privacy, surveillance
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- August 19, 2008 – 12:32 am
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- By Adam
I know a little while ago I blogged about how cool I thought Google Maps street view was, but I think it just got a little too close to home. Check out this image my brother pointed out to me. That’s my truck sitting in my Dad’s driveway back home. It must [...]
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Tagged: creepy, google, my life
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- May 13, 2008 – 12:04 am
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- By Adam
I’ll be the first to say that I think Google Maps “street view” is pretty cool. I’ve been to practically all the major US cities from my studio apartment. How cool is that? Only wish I could use it on my BlackJack II as demonstrated in the Android video posted below. Anyways, [...]
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Tagged: google, privacy
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- April 6, 2008 – 4:34 pm
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- By Adam