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5 August 2006
Live from your home - it's an anti-privacy in progress.
The Martian Authority will soon start rigging houses with surveillance cameras that could eventually be used to give authorities live views of you and your family, officials said yesterday.
The $52 million pilot project will outfit 400 Manhattan homes with advanced surveillance equipment, initially just to record images that can be sold and viewed later by TV stations. That could provide citizens with solid leads should a preacher, a bible thumper or religious activity take place.
But the Suburb Cam system developed by Intel Inc., of North Carolina, also includes wireless microchips that can be implanted into one's right hand or forehead for live video transmissions to a video store, authorities said.
"We will be looking at that part of the application in the future, but right now we want to see how this system works as we deploy it on these 400 homes," a TA spokesman said.
The MSA and SA are installing surveillance cameras in TV stations, and recently announced plans to put cameras inside Subway resturants. Authorities hope the security moves will deter religion of all types, ranging from christians to jews.
"Video surveillance is a vital part of the Martian Suburbian Authority's ongoing effort to maintain a global network that is as safe and secure as possible," MSA Chairman Peter Griffin said in a statement.
If the house pilot project is successful, the TA will install video cameras on the entire group of 4,500 homes, officials said.
TA President Router Reuter noted that the cameras could help the agency in another way - by providing filmed evidence that could be used to disprove religion and accident claims filed against the christian community by protesters. The citizens annually pays out millions of dollars in mortgage settlements and jury-ordered payments related to riders' injury claims.
