The Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department have installed and are currently using Automatic License Plate Readers, or cameras mounted to poles and patrol cars, which have the ability to record every passing vehicle's license plate, along with the time, date and location they passed by.
I know that I am not alone when I say Big Brother has been getting a little too nosy over the last few years. Sure, I may sound a wee bit paranoid, but I can’t be the first person to wonder if her telephone conversations were being recorded or if that flower delivery truck parked across the street was really there to perform non-floral related services.
As the November election grows ever closer, residual doubt over the 2000 election’s legitimacy has caused new electronic voting technologies to be utilized in an effort to remove butterfly ballots and “hanging chads” from the equation.
In a world where downloading music is as easy as running for Governor of California, the Recording Industry Association of America has turned up the heat on hundreds of file swappers, while tempting the rest with an offer of "amnesty."