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Bloomberg defends city surveillance camera plan - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Plans to use surveillance cameras in New York City would erode residents' privacy but boost their security, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday. [Reuters US News]

World's Smallest RFID Tag - The world's smallest and thinnest RFID tags were introduced yesterday by Hitachi. [Freemarketnews.com]

Who watches the watchers in surveillance society - CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- In some cities in Europe and the United States, a person can be videotaped by surveillance cameras hundreds of times a day, and it's safe to say that most of the time no one is actually watching...
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Cheney admits expanded military spying role inside US - US Vice-President Dick Cheney has admitted that the US military and CIA have been spying on the financial dealings of Americans -- intelligence gathering normally authorized only by civilian policing agencies. [breitbart.com]

Don't Fire A Gun In Minneapolis, They're Listening - We've been coming across a lot of stories lately about new surveillance technologies, most of which seem rather theoretical, without much evidence that they actually work in practice. But it appears that at least one of them, the gunshot sound detector, that can pinpoint the exact location of a fired shot, actually works. In Minneapolis, police claim to have made an arrest within hours after installing a new system. As soon as the shot was detected, police were able to locate and chase down the shooter. Currently, there are plans to install such a system in several more Minnesota towns, and an instant success such as this one will likely hasten their approval. But, one success doesn't really mean the system works. The police department, for example, probably won't be touting every time they go on a wild goose chase because a car backfired or a tire exploded. Now, in case a gunshot report isn't in itself enough to win a conviction, cities can add detectors that pick up on anger and suspicious behavior so as to add more circumstantial evidence. [Techdirt.com]

Big Brother Britain 2006: 'We are waking up to a surveillance society all around us' - Britain has sleepwalked into becoming a surveillance society that increasingly intrudes into our private lives and impacts on everyday activities, the head of the information watchdog warns. [News.Independent.co.uk]

Dad locked up son, watched on TV, police say - JACKSONVILLE, Florida (AP) -- A man has been charged with torturing his 9-year-old son by keeping him locked in a bedroom for much of the past three years, with a surveillance camera tracking his every move, authorities said Thursday. [CNN Top Stories]

Video, sound advances aimed at war on terror - Researchers at General Electric's sprawling research center are creating new "smart video surveillance" systems that can detect explosives by recognizing the electromagnetic waves given off by objects, even under clothing. [ABC 6 News Rhode Island and Southeastern Mass]

Judge: NSA Case Can Proceed - Wired News - Wired News - Jul 20, 2006
In a landmark ruling Thursday, a federal district court judge forcefully refused to dismiss a civil liberties group's lawsuit against AT&T for its alleged complicity in widespread warrantless government surveillance, despite the government's argument that ...
Judge Denies Request To Throw Out AT&T Spy Suit InformationWeek
Lawsuit challenging surveillance programme to go forward MSNBC
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