[109104] in Cypherpunks
Re: Transparent Society
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Gillogly)
Wed Mar 10 14:18:10 1999
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 10:27:16 -0800
From: Jim Gillogly <jim@acm.org>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Reply-To: Jim Gillogly <jim@acm.org>
Peter Trei wrote:
> Years ago (I think in the late 70's) I read a story in one
> of the pulps (probably F&SF) of a society with ubiquitous
> surveillance - cameras were everywhere, and anyone could
> access any camera at any time at public terminals -. It
> made quite an impression on me at the time, as a dystopia.
I read one, perhaps in the 60's in Analog or its predecessor
Astounding, that went even farther: the police had perfected
viewing of arbitrary places at arbitrary times in the past.
The plot was about how a guy committed a premeditated murder
and got away with, knowing that all of his actions but none
of his thoughts could be seen.
--
Jim Gillogly
18 Rethe S.R. 1999, 18:23
12.19.6.0.3, 11 Akbal 16 Kayab, Third Lord of Night
