It’s bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state. No matter what the eavesdroppers say, these systems cost too much and put us all at greater risk. –Bruce Schneier
Hell yes, it’s a bad idea. It also fails The Jews In The Attic Test.
Sorry LEOs, I don’t want to make your job easier if it comes at the expense of freedom.
People just get blinded by shiny new technology (not a bash on Apple! Promise!) and don’t stop to think about other possibilities.
Some of my friends don’t understand why I read science fiction, but really a good dystopia novel is mental excersise for what not to do. I guess I don’t understand why some people don’t read sci-fi…
Too true Alan, WAY too true…
Of course, one can be a Counter-Revolutionary and work on ways to turn the Tech against the State Security Apparatus for fun and profit, right?
I have to admit, when I first read the title of this blog I thought it was some sort of commentary on not eating in Hondas.