Locks are mostly superficial. I've seen too much footage recorded from security camera monitors with phones to think that any monitoring system is secure or locked when people are involved.
On the growth of such systems: it is almost inevitable that sensors end up getting placed everywhere. You have hundreds of sensors in your phone right now, many of them are uploading data to websites at various times.
Sensors will be placed on almost every utility as a matter of safety and efficiency. It is important to know when a pipe breaks or if there is a small leak in a gas main. Look up any given utility company and they will probably have some "smart" this or "integrated" that scheme in development.
There are cameras everywhere in most cities now, it is a matter of time before there are microphones too. Identifying who is where and who is speaking is a programming problem that has mostly already been solved. The two will be put together in the interests of safety and fighting crime. Someone might even invoke the terrorism word to speed up the process. Small-scale at first, in key places and important settings. Then rolled out across entire cities and states.
I am almost entirely visible to security cameras from the moment I step outside in the morning until I reach my office. Eventually, these systems will be integrated and process data effectively. The question is, what happens then?
On the growth of such systems: it is almost inevitable that sensors end up getting placed everywhere. You have hundreds of sensors in your phone right now, many of them are uploading data to websites at various times.
Sensors will be placed on almost every utility as a matter of safety and efficiency. It is important to know when a pipe breaks or if there is a small leak in a gas main. Look up any given utility company and they will probably have some "smart" this or "integrated" that scheme in development.
There are cameras everywhere in most cities now, it is a matter of time before there are microphones too. Identifying who is where and who is speaking is a programming problem that has mostly already been solved. The two will be put together in the interests of safety and fighting crime. Someone might even invoke the terrorism word to speed up the process. Small-scale at first, in key places and important settings. Then rolled out across entire cities and states.
I am almost entirely visible to security cameras from the moment I step outside in the morning until I reach my office. Eventually, these systems will be integrated and process data effectively. The question is, what happens then?