The Rise of Facial Scanning Surveillance

Read this today: Facial scanning surveillance becoming a reality in the U.S., new documents reveal

So, readers, having read that, are any of you even remotely concerned?  I know I am.

What scares me is that the definition of "bad guy" could get very slippery. In a way it already is.

I think the following from Skyfall is a very accurate quote:

"I'm frightened because our enemies are no longer known to us. They do not exist on a map. They're not nations, they're individuals. And look around you. Who do you fear? Can you see a face, a uniform, a flag? No! Our world is not more transparent now, it's more opaque! It's in the shadows."

You could get detained because you "look like" someone. And if its false, will the authorities apologize, and what if such a detention affects your life/career?  What then? 

Yet we are almost blindly accepting these things.  That's even scarier. All this is being done in the name of "security", but ask yourself, what are we potentially giving up? I'm not sure I want to know the answer.

Somalia and the Monitoring of BMI in Toronto Schools

Canadian Woman abducted and abused in Somalia freed.

I saw comments about her being a do-gooder. I didn't get a do-gooder vibe from this. She's a journalist and was hoping to try to make a name for herself. From the article, she obviously knew she was going into a dangerous situation and it was bad luck they were the ones who got abducted (the article referred to two NG people they were actually after). Somalia is a total basketcase country, and her treatment doesn't surprise me. What this also shows is that most countries don't give a damn what is happening there, because this stuff happens and it seems that backroom deals are the norm. Honestly, Canada and Australia should have gotten together and sent commandos for them. The only deals these scumbags should get is a bullet. At some point, the kidnappers would realize that doing this will not be worth getting shot for.

Toronto Schools to do study on BMI in schools 

Since when did monitoring weight become the school's job? What's next? What the kids are taking in their lunches? Could be the start of a slippery slope of prying into other aspects of student's lives.