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by kifler 3700 days ago
Many are likely to hail this as some sort of ushering in of a new age while simultaneously preach about the FBI cracking an iPhone - interesting to see where this ends up.
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>> Singapore is deploying an undetermined number of sensors and cameras across the island city-state that will allow the government to monitor everything from the cleanliness of public spaces to the density of crowds and the precise movement of every locally registered vehicle.

>> It is a sweeping effort that will likely touch the lives of every single resident in the country, in ways that aren’t completely clear since many potential applications may not be known until the system is fully implemented.

Wow. Will be good to see where this goes with so much uncertainty with what they will do with the data.

>> The government also plans to share data, in some cases, with the private sector.

Ouch!

We're in 2016 and Ghost in the shell story take place around 2030. Sound like Masamune Shirow's book will be the George Orwell's book of our generation...