Saturday, October 26, 2013

High-powered bugs to eavesdrop on street conversations in the UK...

The government has announced that all street conversations in the UK will now be monitored with listening devices inserted into lamp posts.

Think I’m joking? Councils across several major cities in England have announced the insertion of new “intelligent” listening devices which will allegedly be used to counteract terrorism and crime.

The Sigard system has been tested in London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow and Coventry. The microphones, connected to CCTV cameras and lampposts, can recognise aggressive “trigger” words and sounds, then automatically direct cameras to zoom in on the speakers.

The manufacturers of these spy devices have however, denied the system is used to record conversations.

It analyses sound patterns to pick out angry or distressed voices. The announcement of these devices comes just days after approximately 200 cameras with number plate recognition software in Birmingham was scrapped after it emerged that they were being targeted at the city’s Asian districts. Full story...

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