Big Brother Is Watching
So be very careful what you throw away. Because your garbage can may be bugged. Trashcans in England have been fitted with electronic devices that record the garbage habits of their owners.
Some 500,000 "wheelie bins" have been secretly fitted with tiny electronic devices, each with a unique serial number, the Mail on Sunday newspaper reported.
The little gizmos are scanned as a bin is emptied when the garbage truck comes around — enabling local authorities back at their offices to track the garbage habits of each household.
"A crucial element is the ability to identify specific bins and record when they are emptied," said a spokesman for Deister, a German company that is marketing the technology.
"That information can be applied in many different ways."
In related news, your blender is recording every word you say. Every. Single. One.
World news | Gaius Sunday, 27 August , 2006
By bRight & Early, Sunday, 27 August , 2006 @ 1:39 pm
128 Margarittas — 1 strawberry smoothie.