Big Brother...

[Desi Bike]

Yes they do bob. I saw it on Paul Blart Mall Cop.
The echelon program has been in use for years to sift and sort dates for years. Many laughs can be had at the expense of the fear mongers. Next thing they well do is stock pile freeze dried foods and move into the bushes of Michigan out in Nevada.

[GlennF]

i heard the newer phones have gps built in. that show your location. without the need to triangulate.

Not only that, but all iphones from the iphone 2 onwards, embed the GPS location in all iphone photos. So do many high end cameras.

http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/06/get-iphone-photo-gps-geolocation-data/

It's possible with the latest iphones to turn off the GPS data if you know how, but not possible on older phones.

The moral of the story is do not send the ex-wife (or the FBI for that matter) mocking iphone photos of you at your secret hideout in the Bahamas without disabling the GPS function

[single]

Ok,just let me know when the camera is pointed my way so I can flip 'em off.

[iowarider]

Ran across this old thread, and thought it interesting to see how all of us felt then. How do we feel now? I like a show called Person of Interest. The whole premise is the government built a computer program that linked all cameras of any kind and could keep track of virtually anyone of interest. The hook is the computer identifies folks that are going to do harm to the country, "terrorist". It also shows individuals that are about to be harmed but the government considers them irrelevant. Those are the ones the shows stars try to save the day for.

Sorry for the long lead in, but man, talk about a show reflecting reality. The use of cameras of all types, facial recognition software, sifting those massive databases we talked about last time, as you know those are the tools that brought to justice the New York Marathon bombers.