Tuesday, 27 January 2009

UK 2017: under surveillance

A scary description of what sort of world we could all be living in within the next few years.

A world of electronic tagging, automatic numberplate recognition, automatic face recognition, privatised security services...........

Not based on sci-fi but but on existing technology, statements made about the intentions of government and private companies and studies by other think tanks, regulators, professional bodies and academics.

Come to think about it, most of what they discuss is already here, NOW.

Read more at:-
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1741454.0.uk_2017_under_surveillance.php

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