For some reason schools think it is a good idea to train our children to be crime scene investigators. Who cares about standard learning of reading, writing and arithmetic when you can be cool like the actors on TV. Is it really a coincidence that there are three shows for CSI among numerous other cop [...]

Using a virus that brought down the Internet in its infancy 20 years ago as an argument John Markoff of the New York Times suggests we need a new and more secure Internet. He goes on to say things have gotten much worse since then, and that would be where I say please name an [...]

Could your computer be spying on you? This article back from 2006 states that Google was demonstrating technology that would use a microphone plugged into your computer to listen for a TV on in the background. It would then take sound clips of the TV, “fingerprint” it, upload it, and then compare it to a [...]

Ever wonder what all those cameras are for at pretty much every intersection? I have kept reading / hearing that there is a possibility that all of these cameras are equipped with license plate reading software. So basically if this is true, they are tracking us everywhere we go. I told this to a friend [...]

I just found this more interesting that anything, but just in case you did not know you have the power to look at all the major roads in the DFW metro-plex from the comfort of your home computer. At least from the resolution on the web page these cameras do not appear to have high [...]

So now that there are cameras on just about every street corner, where can we put them now? Lets try in Bedrooms, School Bathrooms & Locker rooms! UK -Camera for each toilet: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-517250/School-removes-CCTV-cameras-childrens-toilets-furious-protest-parents.html UK -Social Services cameras in every room of your house for having learning disability and child: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/3507238/Social-services-set-up-CCTV-camera-in-couples-bedroom.html USA -old one about Cameras [...]