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Big Brother: Satellites Spy On Black Friday Mall Shoppers
- recoiledsnake 16y agoWhat has this got to do with Big Brother? I thought geeks would be interested in statistics. Collecting aggregate information that can be quite interesting provided private data is well sanitized is a good thing.
- hugh3 16y agoI have no idea what it's supposed to have to do with Big Brother. If the owners of your local shopping mall were to count the number of people coming through the door, would people have privacy concerns about that? What if they took a photo of their parking lot and counted the number of cars? Now suppose they hire someone else and do it from orbit. I fail to see the concern here.
- deutronium 16y agoI'm curious if these satellites beam their images down encrypted? Maybe they only transmit data when they're above the control station too.