> The second site, from the Institute for Applied Autonomy, contains an
> interactive map of New York with which users can map routes through the
> city. Users click on their starting point and destination, and i-SEE
> will generate a route for them with the fewest surveillance cameras.
> Note that we
> had trouble using the map with Netscape on a Mac, but no trouble with
> Internet Explorer. Both of these sites are unabashedly anti-surveillance
> technology and will be appreciated by New Yorkers concerned with civil
> liberties issues. [TK]
Sounds like a great service to me, but they need to make their software
give the user a choice: find the route with the fewest cameras or the
route with the most. That way, when I was going to meet the pot
dealer or local call girl, I use the first choice to protect those
honest businesspersons from the police. At all other times, I would
prefer the second choice, also to protect myself and others from the
police (and other criminals).
-- Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com> <http://www.piclab.com/lee/> "All inventions or works of authorship original to me, herein and past, are placed irrevocably in the public domain, and may be used or modified for any purpose, without permission, attribution, or notification."--LDC
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