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Outsourcing Big Brother

Sunday, January 29th, 2006

In a move that manages to simultaneously erode civil liberties and economic freedom, the Chicago City Council is tinkering with the idea of forcing every business in the city open more than 12 hour per day to install video surveillance, at their own expense.

Thanks to Kevin B. O’Reilly for the tip.

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One Response to “Outsourcing Big Brother”

  1. #1 |  Cafe Novo |  January 29th, 2006 at 12:28 pm

    Local Govt. Promoting Ubiquitous Surveillance

    Picked this up at The Agitator:
    In a move that manages to simultaneously erode civil liberties and
    economic freedom, the Chicago City Council is tinkering with the idea
    of forcing every business in the city open more than 12 hour per day to
    install…

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