If only...
...these technologies were used for their sole advertised purpose of stopping terrorism or catching dangerous criminals, then most people would be fine with them.
But time and time again the police, the government and security services will use and abuse every bit of technology for every reason other than that. Hence the backlash and no wanting the new super duper 'terrorism stopping' technology.
Be it the RICO terrorist law that the BBC used to spy and catch tv licence evaders or actual hardware, none of these solutions apply to the single and narrow scope it gets sold to us as. The creep to other areas is fast and unlimited and its great to see MP's on top of it, despite the fact nothing will change and we will be ever more increasing spied on.
How many non-speed pr parking related ANPR cameras do you think you get recorded on using any main roads, just so they can work out where people are if they use their own cars. Tracking peoples movement through their credit car actions. Now they want to know who walked where on what day so they can catch future criminals, despite not having enough police to turn up to burglaries although they manage to lock up people in cells who put the wrong rubbish in the wrong colour bins. Yet we are supposed to trust them with privacy invading technology to prevent 'future crimes' through computer algorithms. You turn up at the station after pub closing 5 times a week, obviously a drug dealer or something if the algorithy see's you wearing trainers too /sarcasm
Biting the hand that feeds IT
