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Every day we're being watched a little bit more, by intelligent cameras, unmanned aircraft and newfound gadgetry. We'll get an exclusive report on FAA-approved drone tests by American law-enforcement agencies, suggestions from Instapundit blogger and PM contributing editor Glenn Reynolds on how to watch back, and a first look at a eye-tracking hardware that might make Google millions. Plus, Mike Allen turns the new fuel-economy standard on its nose, and we meet an NHL Zamboni guy.

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4. RE: America’s New Surveillance Society: Podcast
Website: www.pcsurveillance.net
Most of these technologies will never make it into our day to day life. Unless you are doing something extremely illegal or dangerous, you probably have nothing to worry about. Is the government wasting our money again? This I will not disagree with! However the advanced surveillance systems you will continue to see at public areas (airports, stadiums, large office buildings, and so on). The government not spending our money cost effective, nothing new. Surveillance systems becoming a larger part of your life. Times are a changing!

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Website: hollywoodpt.tv
It is amazing that while all this surveillance is going on, that we still have a constitution, what with Habeas Corpus dying, and police allowed to break in to people's homes and shoot to kill, even old ladies, I have thought, you'd all have wanted to know if the constitution is safe in America? Instead, you ask if it's ok to videotape police in public places? Of course it is. you have a civil duty to check out if all is well with the police. Most officers are cool. Some aren't and they mess it up for the others. any good cop doesn't mind being videotaped so long as it doesn't interfere with the line of duty. Stay at a safe distance, watch out for traffic, do not obstruct justice, nor instigate ye further problems aside from what the officer has been called for. If an officer is doing his/her job, they may want/need your tape for evidence. sometimes an officer may not want anyone around, because you could complicate matters by your sheer presense. Always stay at a safe distance; usually a good officer will not object if you are not being provocative.

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While it could be beneficial to lobby Congress for some counter surveillance laws in our favor, does anyone know if it is illegal to video or audio record law enforcement or other government actions while in public? If we can be recorded in public, don't we have a right to record them in public too? Would this be an individual state issue, or??? Can anyone enlighten me?

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this seems nice. i'd like to know how possible is it to have a radar system that would be driven more or less arcade style that will virtually drive through walls yet you can see exactly what is going on real-time? or go beyond and with heat sensors monitor everyone so you can know exactly who did what. even switch the heat sensor view to a basic camera view ?

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