[imcrs]

It was going to happen regardless, but it makes me deeply cynical to see this infrastructure going up in the folksy tone of "neighborhood safety." I guess to justify erecting yet another component of the massive surveillance apparatus, you have to have a startup-ey landing page and cool logo. I would prefer to see this announced on a dingy government website, or even signs on every corner stating "all movement is tracked" installed by bureaucratic decree. At least then we'd be honest with what we're creating.

[iamatworknow]

These types of scanners already exist in your neighborhood, and probably have for a couple of years. The next time you're near a police car, look at the trunk. There will probably be three or four cameras pointing to the adjacent lanes. They look like this: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_y7NgL5zbq3U/TER5EIjZ20I/AAAAAAAAAt...