Behavior Recognition Surveillance at the RNC

Tampa police will be using behavior recognition surveillance cameras and specialized software at the Republican National Convention. A system known as “AISight” developed by BRS Labs will used to track patterns of behavior, analyze environments and the objects and people within in it.

This system will be build up a memory of these events and then compare the objects and behaviors to past memories to see if anything is out of the ordinary.

Tampa Police hopes that the system encourages protestors during the Republican National Convention to behave since they know they’re being watched and profiled.

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Introspectives: Do we need big brother?

Do we need "big brother"? As much as it needs us perhaps we need it just the same. You may wonder why I make such a suggestion, however think of all the big brother technology we are addicted to. It is a trade off, a give and take situation in my opinion, just think about it...

Introspectives: Mindset and Perception

This week my Mind Set has been in a great place! Sure we have a lot of depressing things going on in the world around us but you have to be able to separate yourself. Am I thinking selfishly though? Do we as a society simply close the outside world off because it's "convenient". Why should we feel guilty about feeling good despite what else is going on in the world? I don't see how we can our lives  in fear or shame because of what is going on. You have to be able to try and make a difference and keep a positive mind set. If everyone in the world did this perhaps real change would be made, instead many just sink into depression. Find a release, open your mind and embrace what you have, embrace the future. It is all about perception isn't it? The Mind Set, just think about it...

"TrapWire" on Today's Mind Set Daily!

Greetings! This is Mind Set Daily for Tuesday, August 14 - 2012
Former senior intelligence officials have created a detailed surveillance system more accurate than modern facial recognition technology — and have installed it across the US under the radar of most Americans, according to emails hacked by Anonymous.

Every few seconds, data picked up at surveillance points in major cities and landmarks across the United States are recorded digitally on the spot, then encrypted and instantaneously delivered to a fortified central database center at an undisclosed location to be aggregated with other intelligence. It’s part of a program called TrapWire and it's the brainchild of the Abraxas, a Northern Virginia company staffed with elite from America’s intelligence community. The employee roster at Arbaxas reads like a who’s who of agents once with the Pentagon, CIA and other government entities according to their public LinkedIn profiles, and the corporation's ties are assumed to go deeper than even documented.

According to a press release from June 6, 2012, TrapWire is “designed to provide a simple yet powerful means of collecting and recording suspicious activity reports.” A system of interconnected nodes spot anything considered suspect and then input it into the system to be "analyzed and compared with data entered from other areas within a network for the purpose of identifying patterns of behavior that are indicative of pre-attack planning.”

Since its inception, TrapWire has been implemented in most major American cities at selected high value targets and has appeared abroad as well. The iWatch monitoring system adopted by the Los Angeles Police Department works in conjunction with TrapWire, as does the District of Columbia and the "See Something, Say Something" program conducted by law enforcement in New York City, which had 500 surveillance cameras linked to the system in 2010. Private properties including Las Vegas, Nevada casinos have subscribed to the system. The State of Texas reportedly spent half a million dollars with an additional annual licensing fee of $150,000 to employ TrapWire, and the Pentagon and other military facilities have allegedly signed on as well. News of the widespread and largely secretive installation of TrapWire comes amidst a federal witch-hunt to crack down on leaks escaping Washington and at attempt to prosecute whistleblowers.

So those spooky new "circular" dark globe cameras installed in your neighborhood park, town, or city—they aren't just passively monitoring. They're plugged into Trapwire and they are potentially monitoring every single person via facial recognition. It is for our safety and if you have nothing to hide, what is the fear? Just think about it...

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