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The information age has made it very easy to record nearly any event and to
publish it for public consumption. This has allowed many people's stories
and ideas to be published and has arguable brought the first amendment to
the masses. But this increase in the ease of information capture and
publishing has had the unfortunate side effect of increasing the
difficulty of retaining one's privacy. We may not notice the extent to
which we are being monitored. Video cameras are now cheep enough to place
almost anywhere, from the back domes in the ceilings of malls, to the
windows of ATMs and now even in changing rooms and bathroom stalls. Very
few tools exist to help retain our privacy. One of these tools is PGPFone,
a "telephone" for the internet. PGPFone encrypts telephone conversations
and by doing so, allows to people to communicate over a distance in
complete privacy. Of course, this has been possible for a long time using
scrambling telephones, but now, this power is available to a much broader
audience. This by itself is a much more powerful tool for free speech then
universal publishing.
PGPFone can be found at:
http://web.mit.edu/network/pgpfone/
and
http://www.pgp.com
Also be sure to check out Steve Mann's page at http://wearcam.org for other
places you can find securty cameras.
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