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Real life HAL 9000 meets Skynet: AI controlled video surveillance society

Houston-based BRS Labs provides AISight software that offers the “first autonomous 24/7 behavioral analytics solution that analyzes video content, and alerts in real time on abnormal and suspicious activity.” To put it another way, computer-controlled video surveillance cameras are the eyes watching us and, via artificial intelligence, the Read more

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Irony: Surveillance Industry Objects to Spying Secrets & Mass Monitoring Leaks

While not everyone considers mass surveillance to be Satan, signing online does not automatically forfeit your right to value your privacy. In fact, it’s sickening when alleged ‘white hats’ wear black hats to exploit users in the name of surveillance for security. If a hacker were to engage in net or cell phone surveillance, or breach email, then law enforcement would call that illegal and go on the…
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Network video surveillance sales for trains to rise 7% over 5 years, says IMS

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The transition from analogue video surveillance equipment to network video surveillance equipment is forecast to drive growth of more than 7 percent for the mobile video surveillance equipment market in trains and trams, over the next five years, says the latest report from IMS Research on the mobile video surveillance equipment market.

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U.S. to train Mexican technicians in covert surveillance techniques

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The U.S. Department of State wants to train 20 technicians working for the Government of Mexico to implement “effective and sophisticated covert surveillance techniques” — including concealed audio and video intercepts — to mount an aggressive anti-narcotics crime-fighting program.

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