In this day and age technology reigns supreme. Our children have computers, ipods, cell phones and facebook or something similar. There is no privacy nor do they see a reason to have any privacy. But what happens when we take a hard look at technology? There is a creeping feeling in me when i go to the store, the gas station or a country drive for that matter when i go anywhere. That feeling is like your walking across a dark deserted parking lot fumbling for the keys to the car and looking over your shoulder feeling as though you’re being followed or watched.
In case you have not noticed you are being watched. The unblinking eye is watching. In the last five years alone cameras have popped up on every traffic light, every tenth of a mile on freeways, even in small towns across the country and in most businesses. The first stimulus package signed in 2008 (a stimulus that both G.W.Bush and Obama agreed america needed) Was partially under the guise of job creating “shovel ready projects” for infrastructure. That is when the cameras went in to overdrive being place everywhere.
What do the cameras watch for?
Simply put they are there for future use and are now being used for gathering information and collecting data. (like the full body scanners at the airports). They are simply eroding our freedoms to move about this beautiful country of our own accord. Now i know some of you will say this data collecting is not happening but i want you to think about it for just a moment. All credit card companies are collecting data on our spending habits, most of those also contain RFID chip now. Our passports contain these same chips. But did you know that these chips broadcast a frequency that can be read up to ( I am being conservative here ) 10 feet away. This information on your card and passport is who you are, and can be read by anyone with a reader. Therefore readers coupled with these new cameras can read who you are how much money you have and where you are, where you’re going and how long you have been there.
So who is developing this?
Morpho, Inc.:
Established in 2004, Morpho, Inc. has built substantial brand recognition in the field of software image processing for mobile devices. Customers utilizing Morpho, Inc.’s software technologies include carriers, processing platform providers and mobile device manufacturers making the company a global player in mobile imaging. Advanced imaging technology enables the automatic detection and tracking of human faces in digital images, and together with the autofocus feature, it ensures that subjects are always in focus when capturing images.
Sensor Dynamics:
Australia’s leading specialists in Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR). Offering both off-the-shelf and customised solutions, Sensor Dynamics engineers have the expertise and background to deliver systems that work. This quote from Sensor Dynamics website “As an investigative tool, the Vyper Mobile system can be setup to SMS alerts when hotllisted plates are read. The system can also be linked with GPS which adds an additional parameter to all vehicle data collected by the system. The Vyper Mobile ANPR system combines fast deployment with reliability and simple operation. The turn key solution to a high security vehicle checkpoint.”
Skyway Security:
Is a leading provider of superior security technology. Through continued studies of the Video Surveillance Industry, we offer the highest quality equipment on the market with unsurpassed technical support. To accomplish our mission, we focus research and development efforts in emerging technologies that are driven by the needs of our users, present and future, for managing security and cost over time.
This is just a handful of company’s integrated in these projects. Not only cameras but also biometrics. Gathering and centralizing these technologies to be monitored and collected and stored for data at a central point. It’s important to note at this time that these are global companies so this is not limited to the united states.
So who monitors and collects this data?
It is important to note that this division of D.A.R.P.A was defunded long ago, But funding continues for most of the programs that this division controlled. D.A.R.P.A. today mostly consist of military operations and technologies relating to battlefield operations and communications.
Ultimately our government is responsible for all of the operations of traffic cameras ie: implimentation, distribution, collection of data and surveillance of these systems.
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