March 10th 2008 03:01 am

New Camera Can Tell Exactly What’s In Your Pockets From 80 Feet Away [Privacy]

A British company called ThruVision has developed a camera that can detect objects such as firearms, drugs and explosives under the clothing of the people, without which, for better or worse, being able to see their genitals. It is a lot of promise for places like checkpoint airport security, but it is to open a huge can of worms hate to privacy elsewhere. The camera is called the T5000, and sees objects based on Terahertz, or T-rays, which are emitted.

It is all very well, but with the camera work of more than 80 feet away you have to wonder how long it would be before the city began installing cameras on the street and walk around the detention of any person with drugs in their pockets. Where is the line drawn privacy? What make people safer, or simply make people feel that we are living in a totalitarian police state? It's difficult.

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