Ok, on occasion I post things that are more than slightly paranoid although not always without good cause. This is one of those times when to dismiss this as paranoia is to underestimate the lengths that a State without real accountability will go. These cool little things make me see Neal Stephenson-esque visions of a dark future filled with a State far darker and more invasive than even now. That being said, I also believe that all technologies carry with them the potential for the individual to respond to the threat implied by those technologies. For example, the potential existence (as well as the implementation) of radar gun technology implied the coexistence of radar detectors; radar detectors created radar detector-detectors, which fostered the development of jammers, etc.
Ok, I'll stop talking, on to the toys...
Tiny Surveillance Aircraft To Fly In Tucson
Cool! What a great product to help protect my meth lab!
Posted by: Brent at April 11, 2004 09:14 AMThe Israelis are developing similar technology, no doubt with stolen US dollars.(remember Tom of T.H.U.M.B?):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3571261.stm
The Israeli military is equipping its forces with a new range of spy drones small enough to fit in a soldier's backpack, the army said on Thursday.
Posted by: nalgene at April 11, 2004 09:59 AMYou could use them to monitor your car downtown-no more parking tickets, if you get my drift...
Posted by: Ezra at April 11, 2004 12:07 PM