lord_casek Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 decided to start a thread on some things i think are absolutely insane. the topic will include: *cameras hidden in restaurants and stores *microphones hidden in restaurants and stores *fake stores set up for the sole purpose of marketing research *privacy and the lack thereof in public i'll start with this article from the wall street journal. 'Video Miners' Use Hidden Cameras in Stores http://online.wsj.com/article/SB110357897849105150.html?mod=technology_featured_stories_hs By Joseph Pereira Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Word Count: 1,457 | Companies Featured in This Article: Gap, Limited Brands, American Eagle Outfitters, Children's Place Retail Stores, McDonald's, American Express BRAINTREE, Mass. -- Stepping into a Gap store at the South Shore Shopping Plaza on a recent evening, Laura Munro became a research statistic. Twelve feet above her, a device resembling a smoke detector, mounted on the ceiling and equipped with a hidden camera, took a picture of her head and shoulders. The image was fed to a computer and shipped to a database in Chicago, where ShopperTrak RCT Corp., a consumer research firm, keeps count of shoppers nationwide using 40,000 cameras placed in stores and malls. ShopperTrak, whose profile has risen this holiday season as appetite grows for more ... Airbus may install hidden cameras on aircraft - claim http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/shipping-air-freight/182207-1.html Publication: Airline Industry Information Date: Friday, May 10 2002 Company: Airbus S.A.S. Location: Norway AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-©1997-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD European aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS is reportedly considering installing hidden cameras on its aircraft to keep watch over passengers. The hidden cameras would be built into light fittings above the seats, thus allowing the crew members to monitor passengers from the flight deck. The cameras would be designed to reassure passengers who are wary of flying after the 11 September terrorist attacks. The company is also hoping that the system would deter would-be hijackers. An Airbus security expert has stated that the tiny cameras would be surrounded by a ring of infrared light emitting diodes, enabling the black and white images to be captured at night, reported WENN. ((Comments on this story may be sent to aii.feedback@m2.com)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 and here's arbitron. they make for a frightening read. be sure to check out their portable people meter. http://www.arbitron.com/home/content.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 DHS wants your cell phone to snoop for them http://public.cq.com/docs/hs/hsnews110-000002524221.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The optick one Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Thats why if yall ever go to do anything, take ya batteries outta ya phones peoples.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawood Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 If you ever do anything? what? I have a phone for a reason, and I'm always doing something. They don't scare me. They got guns and I got guns, so what! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WORDISM45 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 yo casek post a link to the fake store thing that sounds heaps interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Police Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 china is starting to monitor people... as in individual people... from space. kiss freedom goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 i emailed dr. katherine albrecht about it just now. she runs spychips.com and is a big anti-rfid activist. heard about all of this on her shows, emailed her quite a bit about reference information. it's all pretty real, and all very scary. i'll post the link once she sends it to me. can't recall if it's in the mall of america, or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 her response: "It's called the "Once Famous Boutique" and here is an article about it: http://com.bradley.edu/faculty/lamoureux/website2/nmt/28/28b.html Its creators also opened a freestanding "retail lab" -- "Branding agency will open downtown 'store'" http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2001/10/15/story3.html Here are some of the insights the store gained: "Men are from sharper image, women are from Victoria's Secret: retail 'lab' uncovers the differences in men and women shoppers" http://www.allbusiness.com/marketing-advertising/branding-brand-development/553361-1.html This article discusses the legal implications if such a store were to be introduced in Scotland: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=500372002 According to the article, Accenture (an evil company that features prominently in Spychips) has created the same kind of "store": > While Fame has a novel concept, it is not the first company to come up with the "retail lab" concept, said Tom Holliday, president of Chicago-based Retail Advertising and Marketing Association (RAMA). Chicago-based Accenture operated a food and apparel store in its hometown for research on consumer-buying decisions. > As far as I know, the store no longer exists. However, the creator of the store, Tina Wilcox, has gone on to create a firm called "Black Design" (I couldn't make this stuff up) that does similar things in established retail stores. Here's an article on all of this from Sorensen Associates, the company that puts hidden tracking devices in shopping carts to watch people in stores: http://www.popsg.org/views/05feb03.html The creator of the Once Famous Boutique, Tina Wilcox of a market research agency called FAME, left the company to co-found a new company called "Black Design." (You couldn't make this stuff up!) It's at: 1004 Summit Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403-3062 Phone: (612) 236-1880 When I just called the number (at 7 AM on a Saturday) I got a recording, so they're still out there. As you are interested in such issues, I'm attaching my article titled "Supermarket Cards: Tip of the Retail Surveillance Iceberg" which contains other examples of retail surveillance. I'd be interested to know your reaction to it. In freedom, Katherine Albrecht" and the attachment: http://www.mediafire.com/?9c4t9sm4zwo dr. albrecht's email kma@spychips.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 cia and facebook? http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10456534&ref=emailfriend#Scene_1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Re: passport RFID they watch and listen There is an RFID chip emmbedded in your new passport. These are several defences against this chip. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/8cdd/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/910f/ http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.01/start.html?pg=9 http://www.lessemf.com/fabric.html yes, our cell phones are used to track current locations of the phone, the location of you is secondary and default based on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The optick one Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 If you ever do anything? what? I have a phone for a reason, and I'm always doing something. They don't scare me. They got guns and I got guns, so what! OK....:rolleyes: What I meant is if you talk about the NWO, terror shit or even go bombing or what ever nikka. I'm trying ta help you. I aint here to scare no one nikka. Just adding on. You can thank me later, rude ass.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :lol: :lol: :o Take ya batteries out ya phones if ya doing any mission... They track through GPS and listen in..:p :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Feast Island Man Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Re: passport RFID they watch and listen There is an RFID chip emmbedded in your new passport. I got a new passport(british) just before they started embedding rfid chips in them. my little brother has a chip in his passport. although in england at least they might be recalled as people have worked out how to fuck with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlando Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 fuck chips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The optick one Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Yall should check out the prophecy club... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7098173340855990189&q=prophecy+club&total=146&start=10&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 Smoke to this shit though. Its long. Dispite the religious beliefs, its very informative... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Re: passport RFID they watch and listen I got a new passport(british) just before they started embedding rfid chips in them. my little brother has a chip in his passport. although in england at least they might be recalled as people have worked out how to fuck with them. Interesting. There are plenty of ways to fck with RFID chips, from smashing with a hammer to using a mircowave oven. My current passport will expire in several more years and it's the older one with out the chip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WORDISM45 Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 got an RFID chip in my Australian passport, dont know if you're allowed on the plane if you've fucked with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The optick one Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Yall peeped this yet? BONG!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFID Peep the Richard Stallman Video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown_urge Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I know where the cameras are at my work.. any way to find out if they have any hidden ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted August 26, 2007 Author Share Posted August 26, 2007 I know where the cameras are at my work.. any way to find out if they have any hidden ones? there are devices you can buy from those spy shops,etc online to detect cams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The optick one Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 I know where the cameras are at my work.. any way to find out if they have any hidden ones? usually, hidden cams will be on decoy fire sensors on cielings...fiber optics on TV and Cable Boxes...Over head wall Clocks etc.. ...Yeah, Lord C is right though. that spy shop detector should do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.crooked Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 man, i kissed my privacy good bye long ago. i like to believe people are watching me when i masturbate, i try to give them a good show. /notserious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unknown_urge Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 im way too cheap for that lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The optick one Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 From now on, I will sit around and scratch my self, and pic my nose and rub my armpits and smell it. I will give them unseen bastards a real good show... And when they aint looking, catch a tag quick.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.crooked Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 takin my plans here. gotta give em a show. im tryin to hook up with as many girls as i can this next year (my last year in college) just to make what is captured of this next year like a porno. /totallyimtheplumberheretolaythepipetypestuffoner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The optick one Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 I am going to get them to try and classify me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fermentor666 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Read "Snow Crash", we are well on our way to constant, accepted recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ko SprueOne Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Cams that record public activity in public, on public property need to be viewable by the public at the local public library, DMV waiting area, jury selection room, local TV access, and downloads from your city and county websites. All free for the public. It's you on camera anyway, maybe they should pay you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted August 28, 2007 Author Share Posted August 28, 2007 u.s. courts ruled that we have no expectation of privacy in public places. however, i do not consider a restaurant table a public place. i expect to be able to speak freely without fear of being taped when eating lunch, dinner, etc. it's just fucking nuts. they are trying to get us used to it. i don't think i will ever be comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlando Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 agreeeed x 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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