Big Brother

[Rave]

....really will be watching you. A lot.

[EvilWeevil]

You scared me there. Just saw the title "Big Brother" on the forum front page and hoped that it wasn't warning of another series. Thank goodness its only a real 1984 - you had me worried!

[schmunk]

[Howard]

That first paragraph really sets the scene somewhat...

[Barakka]

Yay ! No more dodgy spaced number plates with backwards letters and italic text on a honeycomb background.

But seriously....
(real emotions escape me that is seriously scary)

[Nemeliza]

wow, i read about this a while ago and was hoping they were joking but it looks like they are really serious about doing this.

i see the advantages but still :c/

[5lab]

hmm.. am i the only person who doesnt find this worrying? so what if they're making it easier to watch you, they could do that anyways, if they wanted to..

[Konan555]

I just like to think I have some form of independence somewhere on the planet.

[5lab]

this doesnt stop that. they're not going to be filming inside yer house, in fields, up hills, simply in highly populated areas with lots of peds..

[Twigman]

Pfff face recognition...that requires seeing at least some of the face surely?

The real "money" is in gait recognition.
One of my lecturers was paid for the the British Government to go on a holiday, sorry conference in Korea or something to do a presentation on Gait Recognition techniques.

Its high tech clever stuff, and I think this is the way forward as its much harder to disguise than just wearing a hoody.

But still...very scary.