strange this old article is on the front page; people might be also interested in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1072995 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?i

strange this old article is on the front page; people might be also interested in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1072995 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1072995 which takes this idea in a slightly different direction (ie big brother helps crooks) which was news to me (see my comment there).